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An Introduction to the History of Science

An Introduction to the History of Science

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Number of Chapters: 21

Length: 08 hours and 18 minutes

Language: English

A highly accessible introductory history of the development of scientific thought, method, and application from the first practical concepts of time and space (Babylonia, Egypt) to the development of the first successful heavier-than-air flying machine (Langley) and the discovery of radioactivity (Curie). - Summary by Steven Seitel

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00 Preface (Steven Seitel)
01 Science and Practical Needs - Egypt and Babylonia (Steven Seitel)
02 The Influence of Abstract Thought - Greece: Aristotle (Steven Seitel)
03 Scientific Theory Subordinated to Application - Rome: Vitruvius (Steven Seitel)
04 The Continuity of Science - The Medieval Church and the Arabs (Steven Seitel)
05 The Classification of the Sciences - Francis Bacon (Steven Seitel)
06 Scientific Method - Gilbert, Galileo, Harvey, Descartes (Steven Seitel)
07 Science as Measurement - Tycho Brahe, Kepler, Boyle (Steven Seitel)
08 Cooperation in Science - The Royal Society (Steven Seitel)
09 Science and the Struggle for Liberty - Benjamin Franklin (Steven Seitel)
10 The Interaction of the Sciences - Werner, Hutton, Black, Hall, William Smith (Steven Seitel)
11 Science and Religion - Kant, Lambert, Laplace, Sir William Herschel (Steven Seitel)
12 The Reign of Law - Dalton, Joule (Steven Seitel)
13 The Scientist - Sir Humphry Davy (Steven Seitel)
14 Scientific Prediction - The Discovery of Neptune (Steven Seitel)
15 Science and Travel - The Voyage of the Beagle (Steven Seitel)
16 Science and War - Pasteur, Lister (Steven Seitel)
17 Science and Invention - Langley's Aeroplane (Steven Seitel)
18 Scientific Hypothesis - Radioactive Substances (Steven Seitel)
19 The Scientific Imagination (Steven Seitel)
20 Science and Democratic Culture (Steven Seitel)
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