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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

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II EGYPTIAN SCIENCE

Egyptian Science

ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCE

IDEAS OF COSMOLOGY

CHARMS AND INCANTATIONS

ABSTRACT SCIENCE

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3.

III SCIENCE OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA

Science of Babylonia and Assyria

BABYLONIAN ASTRONOMY

BABYLONIAN MEDICINE

ESTIMATES OF BABYLONIAN SCIENCE

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IV THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALPHABET

[The Development of the Alphabet]

EGYPTIAN WRITING

BABYLONIAN WRITING

THE ALPHABET ACHIEVED

5.

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

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VII GREEK SCIENCE IN THE EARLY ATTIC PERIOD

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

ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.)

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IX GREEK SCIENCE OF THE ALEXANDRIAN OR HELLENISTIC PERIOD

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

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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Henry Smith Williams

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