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

CONTENTS BOOK I

A HISTORY OF SCIENCE BOOK I

1.

I PREHISTORIC SCIENCE

2.

II EGYPTIAN SCIENCE

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III SCIENCE OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA

Science of Babylonia and Assyria

BABYLONIAN ASTRONOMY

BABYLONIAN MEDICINE

ESTIMATES OF BABYLONIAN SCIENCE

4.

IV THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALPHABET

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V THE BEGINNINGS OF GREEK SCIENCE

6.

VI THE EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHERS IN ITALY

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VII GREEK SCIENCE IN THE EARLY ATTIC PERIOD

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VIII POST-SOCRATIC SCIENCE AT ATHENS—PLATO, ARISTOTLE, AND THEOPHRASTUS

9.

IX GREEK SCIENCE OF THE ALEXANDRIAN OR HELLENISTIC PERIOD

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X SCIENCE OF THE ROMAN PERIOD

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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