A Shorter History of Science |
Contents
THE ORIGINS I | 1 |
PrehistoryThe Dawn of HistoryEgyptBabyloniaChina and IndiaCrete | 14 |
THE MIDDLE AGES | 34 |
THE RENAISSANCE | 46 |
THE FIRST PHYSICAL | 61 |
GalileoBoyle Huygens and othersScientific AcademiesNewton and Gravi | 67 |
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 78 |
PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF THE NINETEENTH | 92 |
NINETEENTHCENTURY BIOLOGY | 113 |
RECENT BIOLOGY | 129 |
THE NEW PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY | 142 |
THE STELLAR UNIVERSE | 162 |
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