Our Debt to the Future – (Royal Society of Canada, Literary and Scientific Pape…

Our Debt to the Future(Royal Society of Canada, Literary and Scientific Papers)\nAuthor(s): E.G.D. Murray\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781487587130, 978-1487587130\nSynopsis\nAT ITS ANNUAL MEETING in 1957, the Royal Society of Canada, celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary of its foundation, departed from the accustomed pattern of its meetings. Instead of assembling in separate sections, Fellows from each Section of the Society were asked to contribute to a conspectus, focused by their specialized knowledge and trained discrimination, to reveal to the Society and to others certain trends and tendencies in Canada. Subjects and contributors are: \""These Seventy-Five Years\"" (Presidential Address by W. A. Mackintosh); \""The Roles of the Scientist and the Scholar in Canada's Future\"" (W. A. Mackintosh, David L. Thomson); \""The Penalties of Ignorance of Man's Biological Dependence\"" (E. G. D. Murray,""