A Short History of Scientific Thought
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A Short History of Scientific Thought

  1. 328 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Short History of Scientific Thought

About this book

An essential introductory textbook that shows students how science came to be such an important aspect of modern culture. Lively and readable, it provides a rich historical survey of the major developments in scientific thought, from the Ancient Greeks to the twentieth century. John Henry also explains how new scientific theories have emerged and analyses their impact on contemporary thinking. This is an ideal core text for modules on the History of Science, Medicine and Technology, or the History and Philosophy of Science - or a supplementary text for broader modules on European History or Intellectual History - which may be offered at the upper levels of an undergraduate History, Philosophy or Science degree. In addition it is a crucial resource for students who may be studying the history of science for the first time as part of a taught postgraduate degree in European History, Intellectual History, Science or Philosophy.

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Information

Publisher
Red Globe Press
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780230019430
eBook ISBN
9780230356467
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Science History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Boxes, Figures and Tables
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Introduction
  10. 1 Setting the Scene: Natural Philosophy in Ancient Greece
  11. 2 Plato and Aristotle
  12. 3 From the Roman Empire to the Empire of Islam
  13. 4 The Western Middle Ages
  14. 5 The Renaissance
  15. 6 Nicholas Copernicus and a New World
  16. 7 New Methods of Science
  17. 8 Bringing Mathematics and Natural Philosophy Together: Johannes Kepler
  18. 9 Mathematics and Mechanics: Galileo Galilei
  19. 10 Practice and Theory in Renaissance Medicine: William Harvey and the Circulation of the Blood
  20. 11 The Spirit of System: René Descartes and the Mechanical Philosophy
  21. 12 The Royal Society and Experimental Philosophy
  22. 13 Experiment, Mathematics, and Magic: Isaac Newton
  23. 14 The Newtonian Enlightenment
  24. 15 The Chemical Revolution: Priestley and Lavoisier; John Dalton and Beyond
  25. 16 Newtonian Optimism: Natural Theology and Natural Order
  26. 17 The Making of Geology: From James Hutton to Charles Lyell
  27. 18 The History of Plants and Animals: Successive Emergence or Evolution?
  28. 19 Religion and Progress in Victorian Britain: Robert Chambers versus Hugh Miller
  29. 20 Bringing it All Together? Charles Darwin’s Evolution
  30. 21 Darwinian Aftermaths: Religion; Social Science; Biology
  31. 22 Beyond Newton: Energy and Thermodynamics
  32. 23 Newton Deposed: Einstein and Relativity Theory
  33. 24 Mathematics Instead of a World Picture: From Atomism to Quantum Theory
  34. Afterword
  35. Index