Modern Aspects of the Life-Question E-Book

George Frederick Barker

• Herausgeber: Edizioni Aurora Boreale
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

Beschreibung

George Frederick Barker (1835-1910) was an American physician and scientist. Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, he graduated from the Yale Scientific School in 1858. He was successively chemical assistant in Harvard Medical School, professor of Chemistry and Geology in Wheaton College and professor of Natural Science at the Western University of Pennsylvania. He subsequently went to Yale as a professor of Physiological Chemistry and Toxicology, and later was a professor of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania. He served as President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1879, President of the American Chemical Society, Vice-President of the American Philosophical Society, and for several years an associate editor of the American Journal of Science.
Modern Aspects of the Life-Question, the essay by George Frederick Barker that we offer today to the attention of modern readers, was the text of the speech delivered by him as outgoing president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, at the meeting in Boston, August 25, 1880. In it the great American scientist explores the origins of life on Earth and the great mystery of existence.

Leseprobe

SYMBOLS & MYTHS

GEORGE FREDERICK BARKER

MODERN ASPECTS

OF THE LIFE-QUESTION

Edizioni Aurora Boreale

Title: Modern Aspects of the Life-Question

Author: George Frederick Barker

Publishing series: Symbols & Myths

Editing by Nicola Bizzi

ISBN: 979-12-5504-256-3

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INTRODUCTION BY THE PUBLISHER

George Frederick Barker was an American physician and scientist. He was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, on July 14, 1835. He graduated from the Yale Scientific School in 1858. He was successively chemical assistant in Harvard Medical School in 1858–1859 and 1860–1861, professor of Chemistry and Geology in Wheaton College, in Illinois. In 1864 Barker became the Professor of Natural Science at the Western University of Pennsylvania, now known as the University of Pittsburgh, where he undertook experiments to produce electric light by passing the current through a resisting filament which he claimed was «the first steady electric light generated in Pittsburgh, if not in the country». He subsequently went to Yale as a professor of Physiological Chemistry and Toxicology, and later was a professor of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania, in 1879–1900, when he became emeritus professor. He served as President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1879; President of the American Chemical Society; Vice-President of the American Philosophical Society (elected 1873) for ten years; a member of the United States Electrical Commission; and for several years an associate editor of the American Journal of Science. He lectured in many cities and wrote a Text-Book of Elementary Chemistry (1870); a Physics (1892); and more.