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A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science
SIR ISAAC NEWTON
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CONTENTS BOOK II
ILLUSTRATIONS
A HISTORY OF SCIENCE BOOK II THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN SCIENCE
1.
I SCIENCE IN THE DARK AGE
2.
II MEDIÆVAL SCIENCE AMONG THE ARABIANS
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ARABIAN MEDICINE
ARABIAN HOSPITALS
3.
III MEDIÆVAL SCIENCE IN THE WEST
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THIRTEENTH-CENTURY MEDICINE
FIFTEENTH-CENTURY MEDICINE
NEW BEGINNINGS IN GENERAL SCIENCE
ROGER BACON
LEONARDO DA VINCI
Notes
4.
IV THE NEW COSMOLOGY—COPERNICUS TO KEPLER AND GALILEO
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JOHANN KEPLER AND THE LAWS OF PLANETARY MOTION
GALILEO GALILEI
Notes
5.
V GALILEO AND THE NEW PHYSICS
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STEVINUS AND THE LAW OF EQUILIBRIUM
GALILEO AND THE EQUILIBRIUM OF FLUIDS
WILLIAM GILBERT AND THE STUDY OF MAGNETISM
STUDIES OF LIGHT, HEAT, AND ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
TORRICELLI
Notes
6.
VI TWO PSEUDO-SCIENCES—ALCHEMY AND ASTROLOGY
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ASTROLOGY
Notes
7.
VII FROM PARACELSUS TO HARVEY
PARACELSUS
THE GREAT ANATOMISTS
THE COMING OF HARVEY
LEEUWENHOEK DISCOVERS BACTERIA
Notes
8.
VIII MEDICINE IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES
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THOMAS SYDENHAM
Notes
9.
IX PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTISTS AND NEW INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING
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SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Notes
10.
X THE SUCCESSORS OF GALILEO IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE
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ROBERT BOYLE (1627-1691)
MARIOTTE AND VON GUERICKE
ROBERT HOOKE
CHRISTIAN HUYGENS
Notes
11.
XI NEWTON AND THE COMPOSITION OF LIGHT
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THE COMPOSITION OF WHITE LIGHT
THE NATURE OF COLOR
Notes
12.
XII NEWTON AND THE LAW OF GRAVITATION
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PROPOSITION V., THEOREM V.
SCHOLIUM
PROPOSITION VI., THEOREM VI.
PROPOSITION VII., THEOREM VII.
Notes
13.
XIII INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION IN THE AGE OF NEWTON
14.
XIV PROGRESS IN ELECTRICITY FROM GILBERT AND VON GUERICKE TO FRANKLIN
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THE EXPERIMENTS OF STEPHEN GRAY
EXPERIMENTS OF CISTERNAY DUFAY
Dufay Discovers Vitreous and Resinous Electricity
LUDOLFF'S EXPERIMENT WITH THE ELECTRIC SPARK
THE LEYDEN JAR DISCOVERED
WILLIAM WATSON
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Franklin's Theory of Electricity
Franklin Invents the Lightning-rod
Franklin Proves that Lightning is Electricity
Notes
15.
XV NATURAL HISTORY TO THE TIME OF LINNÆUS
APPENDIX REFERENCE-LIST
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A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science
APPENDIX
REFERENCE-LIST
[For notes and bibliography to vol. II. see vol. V.]
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A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science