PREFACE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE CHAPTER I SCIENCE AND PRACTICAL NEEDS EGYPT AND BABYLONIA
CHAPTER II THE INFLUENCE OF ABSTRACT THOUGHT GREECE: ARISTOTLE
CHAPTER III SCIENTIFIC THEORY SUBORDINATED TO APPLICATION ROME: VITRUVIUS
CHAPTER IV THE CONTINUITY OF SCIENCE THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH AND THE ARABS
CHAPTER V THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE SCIENCES FRANCIS BACON
CHAPTER VI SCIENTIFIC METHOD GILBERT, GALILEO, HARVEY, DESCARTES
CHAPTER VII SCIENCE AS MEASUREMENT TYCHO BRAHE, KEPLER, BOYLE
CHAPTER VIII COOPERATION IN SCIENCE THE ROYAL SOCIETY
CHAPTER IX SCIENCE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
CHAPTER X THE INTERACTION OF THE SCIENCES WERNER, HUTTON, BLACK, HALL, WILLIAM SMITH
CHAPTER XI SCIENCE AND RELIGION KANT, LAMBERT, LAPLACE, SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL
CHAPTER XII THE REIGN OF LAW DALTON, JOULE
CHAPTER XIII THE SCIENTIST SIR HUMPHRY DAVY
CHAPTER XIV SCIENTIFIC PREDICTION THE DISCOVERY OF NEPTUNE
CHAPTER XV SCIENCE AND TRAVEL THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE
CHAPTER XVI SCIENCE AND WAR PASTEUR, LISTER
CHAPTER XVII SCIENCE AND INVENTION LANGLEY'S AEROPLANE
CHAPTER XVIII SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESIS RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES
CHAPTER XIX THE SCIENTIFIC IMAGINATION
CHAPTER XX SCIENCE AND DEMOCRATIC CULTURE
INDEX
Title: An Introduction to the History of Science
Author: Walter Libby
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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE
BY
WALTER LIBBY, M.A., Ph.D.
PROFESSOR OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE IN THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY WALTER LIBBY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
The Riverside Press
CAMBRIDGE. MASSACHUSETTS
U. S. A
TO MY STUDENTS OF THE LAST TWELVE YEARS IN THE CHICAGO AND PITTSBURGH DISTRICTS THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ENDEAVOR TO INCULCATE A DEMOCRATIC CULTURE, EVER MINDFUL OF THE DAILY TASK, NOT ALTOGETHER IGNORANT OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PAST
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