| Description |
356 pages : illustrations, 15 plates (including portraits, facsimiles) 6 maps, diagrams ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
"Bibliographical note": pages 326-329. |
| Contents |
I. Science and Pre-Science -- II. Biology before the Microscope -- III. Astronomy before the Telescope -- IV. Astronomy before the Calculus -- V. Mechanics, Astronomy, Optics, especially in the 17th century -- VI. Mathematics (1960-1800) -- VII. Microscope, Classification, Geology -- VIII. Experimental Science I -- IX. Experimental Science II -- X. Mathematical Physics -- The 19th Century -- XI. Evolution and the Microscope -- XII & XIII. 19th-Century Mathematics I and II -- XIV. Mainly Organic Chemistry -- XV. Surfaces and Ions -- XVI. Cytology and Genetics -- XVII. Growth and Unity of the Individual I -- XVIII. Growth and Unity of the Individual II -- XIX. Ecology -- XX. Modern Experimental Physics -- XXI. Quantum Theory -- XXII. Relativity and Cosmology -- XXIII.& XXIV. -- Real Materials I and II -- XXV. Concluding Discussion |
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Science -- History.
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Science. |
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History. |
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