The new world of science : its development during the war / Robert Mearns Yerkes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yerkes, Robert Mearns, author.

Series:

Century new world series.

Century new world series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discoveries in science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 443 pages) : illustrations, portraits.

Other Title:

new world of science

Place of Publication:

New York : Century Co, [1920]

Summary:

"This volume presents examples of the important contributions of several of the natural sciences and of their related technologies. The primary purpose of the contributors has been to offer to the lay reader an untechnical account of the nature of certain methods and their practical relations to military problems. The editor and every contributor has held clearly in mind the importance of acquainting the public with scientific progress and with typical examples of the dependence of industrial advances upon the development of science. The roles of physical science, chemistry, earth sciences, engineering, biology, medicine, and psychology are discussed"-- Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

Science and war / George Ellery Hale

War services of the National Research Council / George Ellery Hale

Contributions of physical science / Robert A. Millikan

Some scientific aspects of the meteorological work of the United States Army / Robert A. Millikan

Sound-ranging in the American expeditionary forces / Augustus Trowbridge

War-time photography / Herbert E. Ives

Optical glass for war needs / Harrison E. Howe

The supply of nitrogen products for the manufacture of explosives / Arthur A. Noyes

Production of explosives / Charles E. Munroe

The chemical warfare service / Clarence J. West

Contributions of geography / Douglas W. Johnson

Conributions of geology / Douglas W. Johnson

Advances in signalling contributed during the war / A.E. Kennelly

Contributions of metallurgy to victory / Henry M. Howe

The food problem / Vernon Kellogg

The war service of the medical profession / Frederick F. Russell

Some diseases prevalent in the army / Frederick F. Russell

Advances in surgery during the war / John W. Hanner

Preventive medicine and the war / Victor C. Vaughan

How psychology happened into the war / Robert M. Yerkes

What psychology contributed to the war / Robert M. Yerkes

The possibilities of cooperation in research / George Ellery Hale

The international organization of research / George Ellery Hale

The National Research Council / James R. Angell.

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