Science and the Modern World
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Science and the Modern World

  1. 212 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Science and the Modern World

About this book

The famed mathematician and philosopher takes readers on a journey into a new scientific age, exploring topics from relativity to religion.
 
Alfred North Whitehead, one of the great figures in the philosophy of science, wrote this prescient work nearly a century ago. Yet, in an era that has us reckoning with science and technology's place and meaning in our lives, it remains as relevant as ever. Science and the Modern World puts scientific discovery into historical and cultural context—exploring the effects of science and people on each other.
 
"It is a work not only of the first importance but also of great beauty. . . . Vivid writing." — Nature

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Index

The numbers refer to pages; and ‘e.s.’ stands for ‘et seq.‘, where the reference is to the succeeding pages of the chapter in question.
Abruptness (in Ingression), 171
Absolute, The, 92
Abstract, 159
Abstraction, 167, e.s.
Abstraction (in Mathematics), 19, e.s.
Abstractive Hierarchy, 167, e.s.
Acceleration, 47
Actualisation, 159
Adam Smith, 200
Aeschylus, 10
Alexander, S., Preface.
Algebra, 29, 30
Alva, 2
Ampère, 98
Analytical Character (Eternal Objects), 163
Anselm, St., 57
‘Any,’ 164
Aquinas, Thomas, 9, 147
Arabic Arithmetical Notation, 29
Archimedes, 5, 6, 7
Arguments (of functions), 30
Aristotle, 5, e.s.; 28, 29, 45, e.s.; 127, 133, 169, e.s.
Arnold, Matthew, 82
Art, 199, 200
Art, Medieval, 13, e.s.
Aspect, 78, 103, e.s.
Associated Hierarchy, 170
Aston, F. W., 186
Atom, 99, 102
Augustine, Saint, 190
Bacon, Francis, 8, 40, e.s.; 66, 96
Bacon, Roger, 5
Base of Abstractive Hierarchy, 168
Being, 162
Belisarius, 14
Benedict, Saint, 15
Bergson, 50
Berkeley, George, 66, e.s.; 75, 86, 143
Bichât, 100
Biology, 41, 63, 103
Bonaventure, Saint, 9
Boyle, Robert, ...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. Preface
  5. I. The Origins of Modern Science
  6. II. Mathematics as an Element in the History of Thought
  7. III. The Century of Genius
  8. IV. The Eighteenth Century
  9. V. The Romantic Reaction
  10. VI. The Nineteenth Century
  11. VII. Relativity
  12. VIII. The Quantum Theory
  13. IX. Science and Philosophy
  14. X. Abstraction
  15. XI. God
  16. XII. Religion and Science
  17. XIII. Requisites for Social Progress
  18. Index
  19. Copyright