The Great Ideas Today 1994

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"The Great Ideas Today" series are annual supplements to the Great Books of the Western World set published by Encylopaedia Britannica. Volumes were issued for the years 1961 through 1998. Cover Title A NOTE ON REFERENCE STYLE Contents Preface PART I - CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES Language and Science: Genetics, Embryology, and the Discourse of Gene Action On the Use, Neglect, and Abuse of Veils: The Parliaments of the World's Religions, 1893, 1993 PART II - RECONSIDERATIONS OF GREAT BOOKS AND IDEAS Science and Religion in the Work of Lucretius The Psychology of Tocqueville's Democracy in America Human Nature, Gender, and Ethnicity (Part One) PART III - SPECIAL FEATURES Trotsky's The History of the Russian Revolution Why Lawyers Lie The Mystery of the Mind PART IV - ADDITIONS TO THE GREAT BOOKS LIBRARY English Traits, Ralph Waldo Emerson From The History of the Russian Revolution, Leon Trotsky The Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan