About this book
A highly accessible introductory history of the development of scientific thought, method, and application from the first practical concepts of time and space (Babylonia, Egypt) to the development of the first successful heavier-than-air flying machine (Langley) and the discovery of radioactivity (Curie). - Summary by Steven Seitel
Chapters (20)
101 Science and Practical Needs - Egypt and Babylonia
202 The Influence of Abstract Thought - Greece: Aristotle
303 Scientific Theory Subordinated to Application - Rome: Vitruvius
404 The Continuity of Science - The Medieval Church and the Arabs
505 The Classification of the Sciences - Francis Bacon
606 Scientific Method - Gilbert, Galileo, Harvey, Descartes
707 Science as Measurement - Tycho Brahe, Kepler, Boyle
808 Cooperation in Science - The Royal Society
909 Science and the Struggle for Liberty - Benjamin Franklin
1010 The Interaction of the Sciences - Werner, Hutton, Black, Hall, William Smith
1111 Science and Religion - Kant, Lambert, Laplace, Sir William Herschel
1212 The Reign of Law - Dalton, Joule
1313 The Scientist - Sir Humphry Davy
1414 Scientific Prediction - The Discovery of Neptune
1515 Science and Travel - The Voyage of the Beagle
1616 Science and War - Pasteur, Lister
1717 Science and Invention - Langley's Aeroplane
1818 Scientific Hypothesis - Radioactive Substances
1919 The Scientific Imagination
2020 Science and Democratic Culture
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