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INDEX 



160, 165, 179, 186, 202, 293-294, 



309, 315 



Man's relation to nature, 111 

 Mariolatry, 46 

 Mast, S. O., 211, 212 

 Matarazzo, 87 

 Material foundations of society in 



relation to science, 264-269 

 Material progress in relation to 



science, 107-109 

 Material vs. spiritual influences of 



science, 4, 9, 114-115, 290 

 Mathematical science, 58, 72, 83, 84 

 Mathematics and philosophy, 74 

 Matter, 32, 97, 98 

 Maupertuis, 164, 165, 166 

 McCurdy, E., 79 

 Mechanistic conception of life, 210- 



213; conception of nature, 112 

 Medical science, 76, 94, 100, 228 

 Medicine, and biology, 218; chemical, 



83 

 Medieval, craftsman, 5; frame of 



mind, 52, 54, 63-64, 65, 68, 90, 



92, 305; science, 4, 53-55, 85 

 Mediterranean race, 27, 38 

 von Megenberg, Conrad, 85, 86 

 Mendel, Gregor, 257, 258, 259 

 Mendelian heredity, 134, 139-145, 



197, 203, 296 



Mendel's analysis of heredity, con- 

 trasted with Galton's, 257-258 

 Mendel's Law, 203, 204; rediscovery 



of, 258 



Menageries, see Zoological Gardens 

 Mercator, 71 

 Meriam, J. C., 11 



Mesopotamia, physical conditions, 22 

 Mesopotamian, civilizations, 18, 22, 



274; peoples, 22 

 Metal implements, 17 

 Metcalfe, M. M., 61 

 Metchnikoff, E., 202 

 Method of science, 230-238 

 Mice, dominance of gray over white, 



136 

 Microorganisms, 95, 100, 150, 246- 



250, 247 



Microscope, 62, 84, 95, 247 

 Microscopy, 84, 88, 247 

 Middle Ages, 42, 49-50, 53, 60, 65, 



67-69, 297; see also Medieval 

 Mpl, J. S., 230 

 Mina, 23 



Minoan civilization, 25 

 Miracles, 110 

 Mitchell, P. C., 202 

 Mitosis or Mitotic cell division, 128 



Modern Scientific Period, 60, 94 



Mohammedan, see Arab, 67 



Molecules and atoms, 98 



Monasteries, 55 



Monboddo, Lord, James Burnett, 165 



Monotheism, 30 



Montaigne, Michel, 74, 113 



Moors, 59, 89 



Moorish Kingdom, 56 



Morgan, T. H., 133, 186, 196, 199, 



208 



Mosquito-malaria theory, 152, 296 

 Munro, H. J. A., 40, 161 

 Murray, Robert, 61 

 Museum at Alexandria, 35-36, 39, 58 

 Muslin wheel, Compton's, 105 

 Mussel, fresh-water, 250-256 

 Mycenae, 26 



National Research Council, 244 



Natural history, 84, 88, 214-217 



Natural law vs super-natural, 110; 

 see also Superstition 



Natural resources, 314 



Natural Selection, 40, 168, 172, 178, 

 179, 180, 181, 186 



Naturalism, 91, 110 



Nature, control of by man; see Con- 

 trol of Nature 



"Nature's Insurgent Son," Lank- 

 ester, 294 



Nature-searcher and the explorer, 245 



Nature Study, 216 



Near East, 11, 25, 103 



Nebular hypothesis, 96 



Negroes, intellectual ability of, 317 



Neo-Weismannism, 197 



Nestorians, 57 



Newcommen's steam engine, 105 



Newton, Isaac, 72, 75, 83, 96, 97, 296 



Nile Valley, 13-15; see also Egypt 



Nordic race, 27, 38 



Normative sciences, 237 



Notation, see Numerals 



Nucleus. 122; vs. cytoplasm m 

 heredity, 134 



Numerals, 23, 24, 37, 57 



Objective reality, 224. 237 



Observation, in Arab science, 57; 

 in zoology, 187; see also Experi- 

 mentation 



Old age and death, 201-202 



Omar, Khalif, 56 



"Omne vivum ex ovo," 235 



"Omnis cellula e cellula," 189 



Oosperm, 130 



Open mind, the, 299 



