Today and Tomorrow Volume 8 Science and Medicine: Galatea, or the Future of Darwinism Daedalus, or Science & the Future Automaton, or the Future of Mechanical Man Gallio, or the Tyranny of Science
Brain, Haldane, Hatfield, Sullivan,J. B. S. Haldane,H. Stafford Hatfield,J. W. N. Sullivan
Today and Tomorrow Volume 8 Science and Medicine: Galatea, or the Future of Darwinism Daedalus, or Science & the Future Automaton, or the Future of Mechanical Man Gallio, or the Tyranny of Science
Brain, Haldane, Hatfield, Sullivan,J. B. S. Haldane,H. Stafford Hatfield,J. W. N. Sullivan
Galatea, or the Future of Darwinism
W Russell Brain
Originally published in 1927
A brilliant exposition…of the evolutionary hypothesis. The Guardian
Should prove invaluable… Literary Guide
This non-technical but closely-reasoned book is a challenge to the orthodox teaching on evolution known as Neo-Darwinism. The author claims that although Neo-Darwinian theories can possibly account for the evolution of forms, they are quite inadequate to explain the evolution of functions.
88pp
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Daedalus or Science and the Future
J B S Haldane
Originally published in 1924.
The essay is brilliant. Sparkling with wit and bristling with challenges. British Medical Journal
Predicts the most startling changes. Morning Post
This volume examines the future of scientific research from religious, philosophical social and economic standpoints.
94pp
Automaton, or the Future of Mechanical Man
H Stafford Hatfield
Originally published in 1928
It is impossible to do justice to his volume in a brief review… Daily Herald
At the time of original publication mankind’s chief inventions had been extensions of his senses or limbs. This work prophesies the dawn of an era in which substitutes will gradually be found even for the human brain.
96pp
Gallio or the Tyranny of Science
J W N Sullivan
Originally published in 1927
So packed with ideas it is not possible to give any adequate resume of its contents. Times Literary Supplement
Remarkable monograph…devastating summary of materialism… Spectator
An attack on the values which science is so successfully imposing upon civilization.
90pp
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