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INDEX 



Science, effect on conditions of life, 

 174, 228 

 experimental, 4, 48 

 growth of, 15, 22, 65, 67 

 history of, 21 

 ideas of, 48 

 instruments in, 51 

 laws of, 58 



method of, 42, 48, 59, 60, 63, 64 

 observations in, 57 

 of photography, 43 

 production of, limiting factor 



for, 228 

 progress throughout history, 225 



rate of, 225 

 publication of, 69 

 Science and classification of facts, 



44 

 Science and humanism, 16 

 Science and meteorology, 45 

 Science and the Planned State, 233 

 Science and progress, 21, 42 

 Science and social conditions, 228 

 Science and society, 15 

 Science and sociology, 226 

 Science and superstition, 45 

 Science and technology, 44 

 Science and universities, 173 

 Science teaching in English uni- 

 versities, 68 

 Sciences, social, 226 

 Scientific discoveries, chance of 



making, 197 

 Scientific laws, 57 

 Scientific Life, The 198 

 Scientific method, application to 



problems, 225 

 Scientific method and authority, 



232 

 Scientific methods and industry, 



234 

 Scientific methods and the struc- 

 ture of society, 230 



Scientific Research and Develop- 

 ment, Office of, 184 

 Scientific revolution, 81 

 Scientism, 229 



Scientist, characteristics of the, 49 

 Scientists, in action, 49 

 classification of, 61 

 kinds of, 60 



as seen by politicians, 232 

 Scientists and politics, 231 ff. 

 Sclater, P. L., 163 

 Sculpture, archaic age in, 31 

 Shapley, Harlow, 181 

 Silk worms, disease of, 166 

 Similarity in magic, 46 

 Singer, C, 60, 67, 73, 144 

 Snell, W., 96 



Social conditions, improved, 12 

 Social conditions and science, 228 

 Social sciences and physical meth- 

 ods, 229 

 Society, adaptation of, 234 

 planning in, 228, 229 

 structure of and scientific 

 method, 230 

 Society and science, 15 

 Sociology and science, 226 

 Socrates, 71 



Solar system, nature of, 78 

 Sound, reproduction of, 110 

 Southern Research Institute, 216 

 Soviet Union, philosophy of. 62 

 Spallanzani, L., 148, 153, 166, 169 

 Species, 147 



origin of, 156, 162, 163 

 Spectacles, 95, 96 

 Spectra, analysis of, 177 



mechanism, 112 

 Spectrum, 97 



solar, 98 

 Spemann, Hans, 172 

 Spencer, Herbert, 7, 38, 226 

 Spenglcr, Oswald, 8, 9 

 Spermatozoa, discovery of, 148 



