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A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume I: The Beginnings of Science

  
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CONTENTS BOOK I
  
ILLUSTRATIONS
  
A HISTORY OF SCIENCE BOOK I

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I PREHISTORIC SCIENCE
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II EGYPTIAN SCIENCE
  
Egyptian Science
  
ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCE
  
IDEAS OF COSMOLOGY
  
CHARMS AND INCANTATIONS
  
ABSTRACT SCIENCE
  
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III SCIENCE OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA
  
Science of Babylonia and Assyria
  
BABYLONIAN ASTRONOMY
  
ASTROLOGY
  
CHALDEAN MAGIC
  
BABYLONIAN MEDICINE
  
ESTIMATES OF BABYLONIAN SCIENCE
  
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IV THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALPHABET
  
[The Development of the Alphabet]
  
FIRST STEPS
  
EGYPTIAN WRITING
  
BABYLONIAN WRITING
  
THE ALPHABET ACHIEVED
  
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V THE BEGINNINGS OF GREEK SCIENCE
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VI THE EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHERS IN ITALY
  
The Early Greek Philosophers in Italy
  
XENOPHANES AND PARMENIDES
  
EMPEDOCLES
  
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VII GREEK SCIENCE IN THE EARLY ATTIC PERIOD
  
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ANAXAGORAS
  
Anaxagoras as Meteorologist
  
Biological Speculations
  
Physical Speculations
  
LEUCIPPUS AND DEMOCRITUS
  
HIPPOCRATES AND GREEK MEDICINE
  
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VIII POST-SOCRATIC SCIENCE AT ATHENS—PLATO, ARISTOTLE, AND THEOPHRASTUS
  
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ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.)
  
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IX GREEK SCIENCE OF THE ALEXANDRIAN OR HELLENISTIC PERIOD
  
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EUCLID (ABOUT 300 B.C.)
  
HEROPHILUS AND ERASISTRATUS
  
ARCHIMEDES OF SYRACUSE AND THE FOUNDATION OF MECHANICS
  
ARISTARCHUS OF SAMOS, THE COPERNICUS OF ANTIQUITY
  
ERATOSTHENES, "THE SURVEYOR OF THE WORLD''
  
HIPPARCHUS, "THE LOVER OF TRUTH''
  
CTESIBIUS AND HERO: MAGICIANS OF ALEXANDRIA
  
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X SCIENCE OF THE ROMAN PERIOD
  
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STRABO THE GEOGRAPHER
  
TWO FAMOUS EXPOSITORS—PLINY AND PTOLEMY
  
PTOLEMY, THE LAST GREAT ASTRONOMER OF ANTIQUITY
  
GALEN—THE LAST GREAT ALEXANDRIAN
  
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XI A RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE AT CLASSICAL SCIENCE

  
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A
HISTORY OF SCIENCE

IN FIVE VOLUMES
VOLUME I.
THE BEGINNINGS OF SCIENCE
ILLUSTRATED

BY

HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS, M.D., LL.D.

ASSISTED BY

EDWARD H. WILLIAMS, M.D.

NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS MCMIV
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