[ BOOK II. THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN SCIENCE ] [ I. SCIENCE IN THE DARK AGE ] [ II. MEDIAEVAL SCIENCE AMONG THE ARABIANS ] [ III. MEDIAEVAL SCIENCE IN THE WEST ] [ IV. THE NEW COSMOLOGY—COPERNICUS TO KEPLER AND GALILEO ] [ V. GALILEO AND THE NEW PHYSICS ] [ VI. TWO PSEUDO-SCIENCES—ALCHEMY AND ASTROLOGY ] [ VII. FROM PARACELSUS TO HARVEY ] [ VIII. MEDICINE IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES ] [ IX. PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTISTS AND NEW INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING ] [ X. THE SUCCESSORS OF GALILEO IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE ] [ XI. NEWTON AND THE COMPOSITION OF LIGHT ] [ XII. NEWTON AND THE LAW OF GRAVITATION ] [ XIII. INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION IN THE AGE OF NEWTON ] [ XIV. PROGRESS IN ELECTRICITY FROM GILBERT AND VON GUERICKE TO FRANKLIN ] [ XV. NATURAL HISTORY TO THE TIME OF LINNAEUS ] [ BOOK III. MODERN DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES ] [ I. THE SUCCESSORS OF NEWTON IN ASTRONOMY ] [ II. THE PROGRESS OF MODERN ASTRONOMY ] [ III. THE NEW SCIENCE OF PALEONTOLOGY ] [ IV. THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN GEOLOGY ] [ V. THE NEW SCIENCE OF METEOROLOGY ] [ VI. MODERN THEORIES OF HEAT AND LIGHT ] [ VII. THE MODERN DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM ] [ VIII. THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY ] [ IX. THE ETHER AND PONDERABLE MATTER ]