Writing as the new century revived interest in large-scale thinking about science, the German chemist Ostwald offers a synthesis of all the sciences. He begins with a general theory of knowledge, moves through logic, the science of the manifold and mathematics, then surveys the physical and biological sciences, touching on memory, the threshold of sensation and psychology.
A compact statement of the world-view of a Nobel laureate and champion of energetics, for readers of the philosophy of science. Download the free EPUB.