Preface To The First Edition

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface to the Second Edition V
3. Preface To The First Edition VII
4. Contents XI
5. I. Scientific Societies in Eighteenth Century America 1
6. II. National Growth, 1800–1865 28
7. III. The Triumph of Specialization, 1866–1918 85
8. IV. American Scientific Societies and World Science, 1919–1944 137
9. V. The Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge 173
10. VI. The Atomic Age, 1945–1955 193
11. Bibliography 225
12. Index 269