Today and Tomorrow Volume 8 Science and Medicine

Galatea or the Future of Darwinism W Russell BrainOriginally published in 1927A brilliant exposition…of the evolutionary hypothesis. The GuardianShould prove invaluable… Literary Guide This non-technical but closely-reasoned book is a challenge to the orthodox teaching on evolution known as Neo-Darwinism. The author claims that although Neo-Darwinian theories can possibly account for the evolution of forms they are quite inadequate to explain the evolution of functions. 88pp**************Daedalus or Science and the FutureJ B S HaldaneOriginally published in 1924.The essay is brilliant. Sparkling with wit and bristling with challenges. British Medical JournalPredicts the most startling changes. Morning PostThis volume examines the future of scientific research from religious philosophical social and economic standpoints. 94pp Automaton or the Future of Mechanical ManH Stafford HatfieldOriginally published in 1928It is impossible to do justice to his volume in a brief review…Daily HeraldAt the time of original publication mankind’s chief inventions had been extensions of his senses or limbs. This work prophesies the dawn of an era in which substitutes will gradually be found even for the human brain. 96pp Gallio or the Tyranny of Science J W N SullivanOriginally published in 1927So packed with ideas it is not possible to give any adequate résumé of its contents. Times Literary SupplementRemarkable monograph…devastating summary of materialism… Spectator An attack on the values which science is so successfully imposing upon civilization. 90pp