First International Palaeontological Congress

Author : Paleontological Society
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780666481542
Total Pages : 98 pages
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Download or read book Conference on the Aspects of Paleontology written by Paleontological Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Conference on the Aspects of Paleontology: First Annual Meeting, Cambridge, Mass., December 29, 1909 I ntroductory. - The birth of a new society devoted to special scien tific aims counts but little for the advancement of knowledge and cul ture in these days of multiplex organizations if it fails to come into being and before the world with an adequate excuse and a clean-cut purpose. The Paleontological Society, which was conceived a year ago and born last winter in Boston at the meetings of the American Association, is the outcome of a conviction on the part of workers in this science that there is a common bond of interest among them all, in spite of the peculiar conditions which have stamped paleontology with their diversity and kept its devotees asunder. Students of this science have approached it along different avenues. Some, and chiefly those dealing with'the vertebrates, have laid the foundations of their work in the living world; others, and here chiefly the students of invertebrates, have made their entry as geologists and have worked their way from beneath upward to the earth's surface. Among the paleobotanists good men have arrived through both approaches. AS an equipment for trustworthy and lasting work, both of these lines of preparation have proved their efficiency and so all arguments bent to demonstrate the superiority of the one over the other schooling resolve themselves to a conclusion that both are essential to the best result. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.