An Introduction to the History of Science

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Author

Libby, Walter, 1867-

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E-text prepared by Charlene Taylor, Paul Clark, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries ( archive.org/details/americana)

Language

English

LoC Class

Q: Science

Subject

Science -- History

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Text

eBook-No.

40706

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40706

Release Date

September 7, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.CHAPTER I — SCIENCE AND PRACTICAL NEEDS—EGYPT AND BABYLONIA — REFERENCES
6. 6.CHAPTER II — THE INFLUENCE OF ABSTRACT THOUGHT—GREECE: ARISTOTLE — REFERENCES
7. 7.CHAPTER III — SCIENTIFIC THEORY SUBORDINATED TO APPLICATION—ROME: VITRUVIUS — REFERENCES
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — THE CONTINUITY OF SCIENCE—THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH AND THE ARABS — REFERENCES
9. 9.CHAPTER V — THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE SCIENCES—FRANCIS BACON — Bacon's Catalogue of Particular Histories by Titles (1620) — Next come Histories of the Greater Masses — Next come Histories of Species — Next come Histories of Man — Histories must also be written of Pure Mathematics; though they are rather observations than experiments — REFERENCES
10. 10.CHAPTER VI — SCIENTIFIC METHOD—GILBERT, GALILEO, HARVEY, DESCARTES — REFERENCES — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER VII — SCIENCE AS MEASUREMENT—TYCHO BRAHE, KEPLER, BOYLE — REFERENCES
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII — COÖPERATION IN SCIENCE—THE ROYAL SOCIETY — REFERENCES
13. 13.CHAPTER IX — SCIENCE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY—BENJAMIN FRANKLIN — REFERENCES — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.CHAPTER X — THE INTERACTION OF THE SCIENCES—WERNER, HUTTON, BLACK, HALL, WILLIAM SMITH — REFERENCES
15. 15.CHAPTER XI — SCIENCE AND RELIGION—KANT, LAMBERT, LAPLACE, SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL — REFERENCES
16. 16.CHAPTER XII — THE REIGN OF LAW—DALTON, JOULE — REFERENCES
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII — THE SCIENTIST—SIR HUMPHRY DAVY — REFERENCES
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV — SCIENTIFIC PREDICTION—THE DISCOVERY OF NEPTUNE — REFERENCES — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.CHAPTER XV — SCIENCE AND TRAVEL—THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE — REFERENCES
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI — SCIENCE AND WAR—PASTEUR, LISTER — REFERENCES
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII — SCIENCE AND INVENTION—LANGLEY'S AEROPLANE — REFERENCES
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII — SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESIS—RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES — List of Radioactive Substances — REFERENCES
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX — THE SCIENTIFIC IMAGINATION — REFERENCES
24. 24.CHAPTER XX — SCIENCE AND DEMOCRATIC CULTURE — REFERENCES
25. 25.INDEX

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