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...
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 him on a quest to conquer ignorance, prejudice, and bigotry Dawson was born and raised in Pictou, Nova Scotia, where the many sandstone and coal formations provided fertile ground for his first scientific explorations and eventually brought him into contact with the leading geological minds of his day, Charles Lyell and William Logan, and culminated in the publication of Acadian Geology. He became principal of McGill University in 1855 and over the next forty years worked unceasingly to transform McGill from a "tiny, poverty-stricken provincial school" into a scientific institution of the highest rank. He was the only person to hold the presidency of both the American and British associations for the advancement of science. Dawson's energetic promotion of scientific institutions in Canada remains one of his most enduring legacies, particularly his role in creating the Royal Society of Canada |
| Beschreibung: | 274 S. Ill. |
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MCGILL-QUEEN S UNIVERSITY PRESS MONTREAL & KINGSTON * LONDON * BUFFALO
CONTENTS PREFACE IX 1 DAWSON AND THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE 3 2 NOVA SCOTIA
ROOTS 15 3 SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES OF DOING GOOD 26 4 A REAL HORSE RACE
38 5 GOOD RESULTS IN STORE 53 6 STAND BY AND GRUMBLE 73 7 NONE KNEW
HIM BUT TO LOVE HIM 91 8 ONE OF THE DEEPEST MORTIFICATIONS OF MY
SCIENTIFIC LIFE 107 G A MISSION OF POPULARIZATION 119 10 A QUIET
MIDDLE COURSE 136 11 NOVA SCOTIA REVISITED 149 12 MIGHTY TREES FROM
SMALL SAPLINGS GROW 165 13 PUTTING MONTREAL ON THE SCIENTIFIC MAP 180
14 TOWARD INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE 190 15 NO MORE TOIL 204 NOTES 213 INDEX
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