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Advancement of Science

AS- SOCIATION FOR THE, an association of scientific men of the United States, Great Britain, France, and other countries. Its purpose is to place emphasis upon the unity of workers in all branches of science and to give a stronger impulse to scientific work, both practical and theoretical. The society publishes "Reports" and offers special facilities for carrying on original and difficult scientific work. in 1889 and the first meeting was held in Paris in the following year. The American Association for the Advancement of Science was founded in 1847. It is organized in 11 sections, each of which holds its convention at the annual meeting of the association held during the summer.

The sections include those of mathematics and astronomy, physics, chemistry, mechanical science and engineering, geology and geography, zoölogy, botany, anthropology and psychology, social and economic science, physiology and experimental medicine, and education. The membership is about 8,000. Similar national associations exist in Great Britain, France, South Africa, Australia, and other countries.