A History of Science — Volume 2Book 2 — APPENDIXReading editionChapter navigation31 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…A HISTORY OF SCIENCEBOOK II. THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN SCIENCEI. SCIENCE IN THE DARK AGEII. MEDIAEVAL SCIENCE AMONG THE ARABIANSIII. MEDIAEVAL SCIENCE IN THE WESTIV. THE NEW COSMOLOGY—COPERNICUS TO KEPLER AND GALILEOV. GALILEO AND THE NEW PHYSICSVI. TWO PSEUDO-SCIENCES—ALCHEMY AND ASTROLOGYVII. FROM PARACELSUS TO HARVEYVIII. MEDICINE IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIESIX. PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTISTS AND NEW INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNINGX. THE SUCCESSORS OF GALILEO IN PHYSICAL SCIENCEXI. NEWTON AND THE COMPOSITION OF LIGHTXII. NEWTON AND THE LAW OF GRAVITATIONXIII. INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION IN THE AGE OF NEWTONXIV. PROGRESS IN ELECTRICITY FROM GILBERT AND VON GUERICKE TO FRANKLINXV. NATURAL HISTORY TO THE TIME OF LINNAEUSAPPENDIXChapter IChapter IIIChapter IVChapter VChapter VIChapter VIIChapter VIIIChapter IXChapter XChapter XIChapter XIIChapter XIVIntroductory materialPrevious chapter ←Book 2 — XV. NATURAL HISTORY TO THE TIME OF LINNAEUSNext chapter →Book 2 — Chapter IAll chapters and sections (31)Other sectionsA HISTORY OF SCIENCEBooks2Book 2 · Other sectionsI. SCIENCE IN THE DARK AGEII. MEDIAEVAL SCIENCE AMONG THE ARABIANSIII. MEDIAEVAL SCIENCE IN THE WESTIV. THE NEW COSMOLOGY—COPERNICUS TO KEPLER AND GALILEOV. GALILEO AND THE NEW PHYSICSVI. TWO PSEUDO-SCIENCES—ALCHEMY AND ASTROLOGYVII. FROM PARACELSUS TO HARVEYVIII. MEDICINE IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIESIX. PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTISTS AND NEW INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNINGX. THE SUCCESSORS OF GALILEO IN PHYSICAL SCIENCEXI. NEWTON AND THE COMPOSITION OF LIGHTXII. NEWTON AND THE LAW OF GRAVITATIONXIII. INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION IN THE AGE OF NEWTONXIV. PROGRESS IN ELECTRICITY FROM GILBERT AND VON GUERICKE TO FRANKLINXV. NATURAL HISTORY TO THE TIME OF LINNAEUSAPPENDIXBook 2 · Chapters1345678910111214Book 2 · Opening pagesIntroductory materialREFERENCE LIST← XV. NATURAL HISTORY TO THE TIME OF LINNAEUSCHAPTER I →