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