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The organisation of thought, educational and scientific

by Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947)

11 chapters, about 49,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. PREFACE v 200 words
2. THE AIMS OF EDUCATION--A PLEA FOR REFORM 6,400 words
3. CHAPTER II 6,300 words
4. A POLYTECHNIC IN WAR-TIME 2,500 words
5. THE MATHEMATICAL CURRICULUM 5,000 words
6. CHAPTER V 2,800 words
7. THE ORGANISATION OF THOUGHT 5,800 words
8. THE ANATOMY OF SOME SCIENTIFIC IDEAS 12,300 words
9. SPACE, TIME, AND RELATIVITY 2,600 words
10. Q = R = 0. 4,900 words
11. SOME BOOKS ON RUSSIA AND POLAND 200 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Algebra
• Education
• Electron
• Enumeration
• Field (physics)
• Literature
• Mathematics
• Parameter
• Perception
• Proof (truth)
• Religious education
• School
• Style (visual arts)
• Theory of relativity

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