Scientific Societies in the United States
Abstract
The contribution of scientific societies to the advancement of knowledge is one of the finest exemplifications of democracy at work. Much of the intensified progress in science during the war was brought about by scientific organization in which our scientific societies played a conspicuous part. The volume by Dr. Bates considers the subject chronologically, moving from the earliest societies in eighteenth century America to the triumph of specialization in the period between 1866...