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John William Dawson : faith, hope, and science /
Drawing on Dawson's correspondence and personal papers, Susan Sheets-Pyenson paints an intimate portrait of a pivotal figure in Canada's scientific heritage and a proper Victorian gentleman whose pious Presbyterianism, missionary zeal, and unwavering belief in the light of knowledge drove...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal, Qué. :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©1996.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Dawson and the Light of Knowledge
- 2 Nova Scotia Roots
- 3 So Many Opportunities of doing good
- 4 A Real Horse Race
- 5 Good results in store
- 6 Stand by and grumble
- 7 None knew him but to love him
- 8 One of the deepest mortifications of my scientific life
- 9 A Mission of Popularization
- 10 A quiet middle course
- 11 Nova Scotia Revisited
- 12 Mighty trees from small saplings grow
- 13 Putting Montreal on the Scientific Map
- 14 Toward International Science
- 15 No More Toil
- NotesIndex
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