[DOWNLOAD] "Q. E. D., or New Light on the Doctrine of Creation" by George McCready Price " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free

eBook details

Title: Q. E. D., or New Light on the Doctrine of Creation
Author : George McCready Price
Release Date : January 03, 2004
Genre: Science & Nature,Books,
Pages : * pages
Size : 113 KB

Description

This is a science book. When we were told by a prominent scientist just the other day that 'electricity is now known to be molecular in structure', it almost took our breath away. And when we were informed that certain well-known chemical elements had been detected in the very act of being changed over into other well-known elements, with the prospect of such a transformation of the elements being quite the normal thing throughout nature, the very earth seemed to be slipping away from under our feet. Some of the closely related discoveries, such as the fact that the X-rays show a spectrum susceptible of examination, were not so disconcerting in themselves; but the marvellous pictures of the structure of the atom elicited by these discoveries made many good people almost question whether our venerable experimenters had not been indulging in pipe dreams amid their laboratory work. Do we, then, begin to understand the real composition of matter? Does it have component parts, in the materialistic sense; or is what we call matter only a mysterious manifestation of energy? And if the latter be our answer, can we hope to settle the problem objectively and so conclusively that it will stay settled? In short, do we, regarding these border-line subjects between metaphysics and natural science, know anything more than our fathers and our grandfathers? It will be convenient to consider these problems under two heads: the composition of matter, and the origin of matter.