An Introduction to the History of Science

by Walter Libby

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Contents

1. Preface
2. Chapter I. Science and Practical Needs—Egypt and Babylonia
3. Chapter II. The Influence of Abstract Thought—Greece: Aristotle
4. Chapter III. Scientific Theory Subordinated to Application—Rome: Vitruvius
5. Chapter IV. The Continuity of Science—The Medieval Church and the Arabs
6. Chapter V. The Classification of the Sciences—Francis Bacon
7. Chapter VI. Scientific Method—Gilbert, Galileo, Harvey, Descartes
8. Chapter VII. Science as Measurement—Tycho Brahe, Kepler, Boyle
9. Chapter VIII. Coöperation in Science—The Royal Society
10. Chapter IX. Science and the Struggle for Liberty—Benjamin Franklin
11. Chapter X. The Interaction of the Sciences—Werner, Hutton, Black, Hall, William Smith
12. Chapter XI. Science and Religion—Kant, Lambert, Laplace, Sir William Herschel
13. Chapter XII. The Reign of Law—Dalton, Joule
14. Chapter XIII. The Scientist—Sir Humphry Davy
15. Chapter XIV. Scientific Prediction—The Discovery of Neptune
16. Chapter XV. Science and Travel—The Voyage of the Beagle
17. Chapter XVI. Science and War—Pasteur, Lister
18. Chapter XVII. Science and Invention—Langley's Aeroplane
19. Chapter XVIII. Scientific Hypothesis—Radioactive Substances
20. Chapter XIX. The Scientific Imagination
21. Chapter XX. Science and Democratic Culture

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