A Shorter History of Science

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CUP Archive, 1946 - Philosophy - 190 pages
 

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
Index
176

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