An Introduction to the History of Science
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BY WALTER LIBBY, M.A., Ph.D.
PROFESSOR OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE IN THE CARNEGIE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY WALTER LIBBY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
The Riverside Press CAMBRIDGE. MASSACHUSETTS U. S. A
Walter Libby
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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE
SCIENCE AND PRACTICAL NEEDS—EGYPT AND BABYLONIA
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THE INFLUENCE OF ABSTRACT THOUGHT—GREECE: ARISTOTLE
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SCIENTIFIC THEORY SUBORDINATED TO APPLICATION—ROME: VITRUVIUS
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THE CONTINUITY OF SCIENCE—THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH AND THE ARABS
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THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE SCIENCES—FRANCIS BACON
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SCIENTIFIC METHOD—GILBERT, GALILEO, HARVEY, DESCARTES
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SCIENCE AS MEASUREMENT—TYCHO BRAHE, KEPLER, BOYLE
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COÖPERATION IN SCIENCE—THE ROYAL SOCIETY
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SCIENCE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY—BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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THE INTERACTION OF THE SCIENCES—WERNER, HUTTON, BLACK, HALL, WILLIAM SMITH
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SCIENCE AND RELIGION—KANT, LAMBERT, LAPLACE, SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL
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THE REIGN OF LAW—DALTON, JOULE
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THE SCIENTIST—SIR HUMPHRY DAVY
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SCIENTIFIC PREDICTION—THE DISCOVERY OF NEPTUNE
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SCIENCE AND TRAVEL—THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE
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SCIENCE AND WAR—PASTEUR, LISTER
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SCIENCE AND INVENTION—LANGLEY'S AEROPLANE
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SCIENTIFIC HYPOTHESIS—RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES
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THE SCIENTIFIC IMAGINATION
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SCIENCE AND DEMOCRATIC CULTURE
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