# Half Hours With Modern Scientists: Lectures and Essays Author: Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895; Barker, George F. (George Frederick), 1835-1910; Cope, E. D. (Edward Drinker), 1840-1897; Stirling, James Hutchison, 1820-1909; Tyndall, John, 1820-1893; Porter, Noah, 1811-1892 [Author of introduction, etc.] Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66177 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Half+Hours+With+Modern+Scientists%3A+Lectures+and+Essays+Huxley&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary The title of this Series of Essays—_Half Hours with Modern Scientists_—suggests a variety of thoughts, some of which may not be inappropriate for a brief introduction to a new edition. _Scientist_ is a modern appellation which has been specially selected to designate a devotee to one or more branches of physical science. Strictly interpreted it might properly be applied to the student of any department of knowledge when prosecuted in a scientific method, but for convenience it is limited to the student of some branch of physics. It is not thereby conceded that nature, _i.e._, physical or material nature is any more legitimately or exclusively the field for scientific enquiries than spirit... ## Chapters - [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/half-hours-with-modern-scientists-lectures-and-essays-66177/chapters/10/index.md) - [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/half-hours-with-modern-scientists-lectures-and-essays-66177/chapters/5/index.md) - [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/half-hours-with-modern-scientists-lectures-and-essays-66177/chapters/2/index.md) - [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/half-hours-with-modern-scientists-lectures-and-essays-66177/chapters/4/index.md) - [Part 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/half-hours-with-modern-scientists-lectures-and-essays-66177/chapters/20/index.md) - [Part 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/half-hours-with-modern-scientists-lectures-and-essays-66177/chapters/19/index.md) - [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/half-hours-with-modern-scientists-lectures-and-essays-66177/chapters/17/index.md) - [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/half-hours-with-modern-scientists-lectures-and-essays-66177/chapters/7/index.md) - [Part 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/half-hours-with-modern-scientists-lectures-and-essays-66177/chapters/21/index.md) - [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/half-hours-with-modern-scientists-lectures-and-essays-66177/chapters/6/index.md) - [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/half-hours-with-modern-scientists-lectures-and-essays-66177/chapters/8/index.md) - [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/half-hours-with-modern-scientists-lectures-and-essays-66177/chapters/11/index.md) - [Part 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/half-hours-with-modern-scientists-lectures-and-essays-66177/chapters/18/index.md) - [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/half-hours-with-modern-scientists-lectures-and-essays-66177/chapters/16/index.md) - [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/half-hours-with-modern-scientists-lectures-and-essays-66177/chapters/9/index.md) - [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/half-hours-with-modern-scientists-lectures-and-essays-66177/chapters/13/index.md) - [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/half-hours-with-modern-scientists-lectures-and-essays-66177/chapters/3/index.md) - [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/half-hours-with-modern-scientists-lectures-and-essays-66177/chapters/12/index.md) - [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/half-hours-with-modern-scientists-lectures-and-essays-66177/chapters/14/index.md) - [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/half-hours-with-modern-scientists-lectures-and-essays-66177/chapters/15/index.md) - [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/half-hours-with-modern-scientists-lectures-and-essays-66177/chapters/1/index.md) - [Part 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/half-hours-with-modern-scientists-lectures-and-essays-66177/chapters/22/index.md)