Proof of Pearson's "The Function of Science in the Modern State" for the 'Encyclopaedia Britannica Consists of first proof "Prefatory Essay. The Function of Science in the Modern State" by Karl Pearson. Annotation states "Published in the new vols. of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1902. Re-published in Eugenics Laboratory Lecture Series, XII, 1919." 1902