A History of Science — Volume 2
Henry Smith Williams and Edward Huntington Williams
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1. A HISTORY OF SCIENCE2. BOOK II. THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN SCIENCE3. I. SCIENCE IN THE DARK AGE4. II. MEDIAEVAL SCIENCE AMONG THE ARABIANS5. III. MEDIAEVAL SCIENCE IN THE WEST6. IV. THE NEW COSMOLOGY—COPERNICUS TO KEPLER AND GALILEO7. V. GALILEO AND THE NEW PHYSICS8. VI. TWO PSEUDO-SCIENCES—ALCHEMY AND ASTROLOGY9. VII. FROM PARACELSUS TO HARVEY10. VIII. MEDICINE IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES11. IX. PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTISTS AND NEW INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING12. X. THE SUCCESSORS OF GALILEO IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE13. XI. NEWTON AND THE COMPOSITION OF LIGHT14. XII. NEWTON AND THE LAW OF GRAVITATION15. XIII. INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION IN THE AGE OF NEWTON16. XIV. PROGRESS IN ELECTRICITY FROM GILBERT AND VON GUERICKE TO FRANKLIN17. XV. NATURAL HISTORY TO THE TIME OF LINNAEUS18. APPENDIX19. CHAPTER I20. CHAPTER III21. CHAPTER IV22. CHAPTER V23. CHAPTER VI24. CHAPTER VII25. CHAPTER VIII26. CHAPTER IX27. CHAPTER X28. CHAPTER XI29. CHAPTER XII30. CHAPTER XIV31. Introductory material