THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES: STUDIES IN SCIENCE, NATURE, AND SOCIETY

By LINDA ANDERSON

THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES IS A COLLECTION OF IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL BOOKS THAT WERE CREATED TO MAKE COMPLEX SCIENTIFIC IDEAS UNDERSTANDABLE TO GENERAL READERS THE SERIES COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS SUCH AS PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, SOCIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, LANGUAGE, MEDICINE, MUSIC, AND POLITICS BOOKS LIKE FORMS OF WATER, CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY, HISTORY OF CONFLICT BETWEEN RELIGION AND SCIENCE, AND DOCTRINE OF DESCENT AND DARWINISM HELPED INTRODUCE MODERN SCIENTIFIC THINKING TO SOCIETY DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY THE PURPOSE OF THE SERIES WAS TO SPREAD SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, ENCOURAGE CRITICAL THINKING, AND CONNECT SCIENCE WITH EVERYDAY LIFE EACH BOOK EXPLAINS IMPORTANT THEORIES AND DISCOVERIES IN A SIMPLE AND INFORMATIVE WAY, ALLOWING READERS TO UNDERSTAND HOW SCIENCE INFLUENCES NATURE, SOCIETY, HUMAN BEHAVIOR, AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS OVERALL, THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN POPULARIZING SCIENCE AND EDUCATION AROUND THE WORLD