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An Introduction to the History of Science

by Walter Libby

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — Science and Practical Needs — Egypt and Babylonia
  3. 3Chapter II — The Influence of Abstract Thought — Greece: Aristotle
  4. 4Chapter III — Scientific Theory Subordinated to Application — Rome:…
  5. 5Chapter IV — The Continuity of Science — The Medieval Church and th…
  6. 6Chapter V — The Classification of the Sciences — Francis Bacon
  7. 7Chapter VI — Scientific Method — Gilbert, Galileo, Harvey, Descartes
  8. 8Chapter VII — Science as Measurement — Tycho Brahe, Kepler, Boyle
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Coöperation in Science — The Royal Society
  10. 10Chapter IX — Science and the Struggle for Liberty — Benjamin Franklin
  11. 11Chapter X — The Interaction of the Sciences — Werner, Hutton, Black…
  12. 12Chapter XI — Science and Religion — Kant, Lambert, Laplace, Sir Wil…
  13. 13Chapter XII — The Reign of Law — Dalton, Joule
  14. 14Chapter XIII — The Scientist — Sir Humphry Davy
  15. 15Chapter XIV — Scientific Prediction — The Discovery of Neptune
  16. 16Chapter XV — Science and Travel — The Voyage of the Beagle
  17. 17Chapter XVI — Science and War — Pasteur, Lister
  18. 18Chapter XVII — Science and Invention — Langley’s Aeroplane
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — Scientific Hypothesis — Radioactive Substances
  20. 20Chapter XIX — The Scientific Imagination
  21. 21Chapter XX — Science and Democratic Culture

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