A HISTORY OF SCIENCE, Volume 2
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CONTENTSCHAPTER I.SCIENCE IN THE DARK AGECHAPTER II.MEDIAEVAL SCIENCE AMONG THE ARABIANSCHAPTER III.MEDIAEVAL SCIENCE IN THE WESTCHAPTER IV.THE NEW COSMOLOGY--COPERNICUS TO KEPLER AND GALILEOCHAPTER V.GALILEO AND THE NEW PHYSICSCHAPTER VI.TWO PSEUDO-SCIENCES--ALCHEMY AND ASTROLOGYCHAPTER VII.FROM PARACELSUS TO HARVEYCHAPTER VIII.MEDICINE IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIESCHAPTER IX.PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTISTS AND NEW INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNINGCHAPTER X.THE SUCCESSORS OF GALILEO IN PHYSICAL SCIENCECHAPTER XI.NEWTON AND THE COMPOSITION OF LIGHTCHAPTER XII.NEWTON AND THE LAW OF GRAVITATIONCHAPTER XIII.INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION IN THE AGE OF NEWTONCHAPTER XIV.PROGRESS IN ELECTRICITY FROM GILBERT AND VON GUERICKE TO FRANKLINCHAPTER XV.NATURAL HISTORY TO THE TIME OF LINNAEUSAPPENDIX
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.SCIENCE IN THE DARK AGE
CHAPTER II.MEDIAEVAL SCIENCE AMONG THE ARABIANS
CHAPTER III.MEDIAEVAL SCIENCE IN THE WEST
CHAPTER IV.THE NEW COSMOLOGY--COPERNICUS TO KEPLER AND GALILEO
CHAPTER V.GALILEO AND THE NEW PHYSICS
CHAPTER VI.TWO PSEUDO-SCIENCES--ALCHEMY AND ASTROLOGY
CHAPTER VII.FROM PARACELSUS TO HARVEY
CHAPTER VIII.MEDICINE IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES
CHAPTER IX.PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTISTS AND NEW INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING
CHAPTER X.THE SUCCESSORS OF GALILEO IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE
CHAPTER XI.NEWTON AND THE COMPOSITION OF LIGHT
CHAPTER XII.NEWTON AND THE LAW OF GRAVITATION
CHAPTER XIII.INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION IN THE AGE OF NEWTON
CHAPTER XIV.PROGRESS IN ELECTRICITY FROM GILBERT AND VON GUERICKE TO FRANKLIN
CHAPTER XV.NATURAL HISTORY TO THE TIME OF LINNAEUS
APPENDIX
