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A History of Science, Vol. II

A History of Science, Vol. II

by Henry Smith Williams

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Author
Williams, Edward Huntington, 1868-1944
Title
A History of Science — Volume 2
Credits
Produced by Charles Keller, and David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
Q: Science
Subject
Science -- History
Category
Text
eBook-No.
1706
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1706
Release Date
April 1, 1999
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.A HISTORY OF SCIENCE
  2. 2.BY HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS, M.D., LL.D. ASSISTED BY EDWARD H. WILLIAMS, M.D. IN FIVE VOLUMES VOLUME II. — A HISTORY OF SCIENCE
  3. 3.BOOK II. THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN SCIENCE
  4. 4.I. SCIENCE IN THE DARK AGE
  5. 5.II. MEDIAEVAL SCIENCE AMONG THE ARABIANS
  6. 6.III. MEDIAEVAL SCIENCE IN THE WEST
  7. 7.IV. THE NEW COSMOLOGY—COPERNICUS TO KEPLER AND GALILEO
  8. 8.V. GALILEO AND THE NEW PHYSICS
  9. 9.VI. TWO PSEUDO-SCIENCES—ALCHEMY AND ASTROLOGY
  10. 10.VII. FROM PARACELSUS TO HARVEY — PARACELSUS
  11. 11.VIII. MEDICINE IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES
  12. 12.IX. PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTISTS AND NEW INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING
  13. 13.X. THE SUCCESSORS OF GALILEO IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE
  14. 14.XI. NEWTON AND THE COMPOSITION OF LIGHT
  15. 15.XII. NEWTON AND THE LAW OF GRAVITATION
  16. 16.XIII. INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION IN THE AGE OF NEWTON
  17. 17.XIV. PROGRESS IN ELECTRICITY FROM GILBERT AND VON GUERICKE TO FRANKLIN
  18. 18.XV. NATURAL HISTORY TO THE TIME OF LINNAEUS
  19. 19.APPENDIX — REFERENCE LIST
  20. 20.CHAPTER I — SCIENCE IN THE DARK AGE
  21. 21.CHAPTER III — MEDIAEVAL SCIENCE IN THE WEST
  22. 22.CHAPTER IV — THE NEW COSMOLOGY—COPERNICUS TO KEPLER AND GALILEO
  23. 23.CHAPTER V
  24. 24.CHAPTER VI — TWO PSEUDO-SCIENCES—ALCHEMY AND ASTROLOGY
  25. 25.CHAPTER VII — FROM PARACELSUS TO HARVEY
  26. 26.CHAPTER VIII — MEDICINE IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES
  27. 27.CHAPTER IX — PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTISTS AND NEW INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING
  28. 28.CHAPTER X — THE SUCCESSORS OF GALILEO IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE
  29. 29.CHAPTER XI — NEWTON AND THE COMPOSITION OF LIGHT
  30. 30.CHAPTER XII — NEWTON AND THE LAW OF GRAVITATION
  31. 31.CHAPTER XIV — PROGRESS IN ELECTRICITY FROM GILBERT AND VON GUERICKE TO FRANKLIN — TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE FIVE VOLUMES

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