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1936 · 059683 — New York: Reynal & Hitchcock/ Williams And Wilkins 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good /Very Good. Xiv 434 Pp. Red-Brown Cloth Gilt. This Is The First Printing; Not The Book-Of-The-Month Club Edition. Intelligent Detailed Observations About Near And Medium Term Developments In Science If We Are To Continue Using The Word "Progress". Youthful Enthusiasm For Science No Thought Of Social Science Or Law Or Economics. Very Good Spine Gilt Weak No Names Or Marks. Dj Worn Small A Few Tiny Shallow Chips And Tears A Little Sunning To Spine Not Price-Clipped $3.00. No Names Or Marks. Per Wikipedia Clifford Cook Furnas 1900 - 1969 Was An American Author Olympic Athlete Scientist Expert On Guided Missiles University President And Public Servant. He Was First Cousin Of The Author Evangeline Walton. Furnas Participated In The 5000-Meter Event At The 1920 Olympic Games In Antwerp Belgium. He Taught Chemical Engineering At Yale University And Directed The Airplane Division Of Curtiss-Wright During World War Ii. He Became The Ninth Chancellor Of The Private University Of Buffalo In 1954. After Guiding The University Through The Merger Process With The State University Of New York In 1962 Furnas Became The First President Of The State University Of New York At Buffalo. Between 1955 And 1957 He Was On A Leave Of Absence To Serve As Assistant Secretary Of Defense During The Eisenhower Administration. <br/> <br/> Reynal & Hitchcock/ Williams And Wilkins hardcover