History of Science
1st Edition
Published on 15. December 2013
116 pages
978-1-62275-117-4 (ISBN)
Description
Today we have countless scientific laws and principles that help explain our observations of the natural world. However, this was not always the case. Although individuals have long sought to understand their surroundings, it was not until around 2500 BCE that scientific activity began to assume a more prominent place in civilizations around the world. The journey from early investigation through the scientific revolution to the present day is chronicled in this absorbing volume. Readers will learn how religion helped fuel early studies in astronomy, how Stonehenge is related to the Pythagorean theorem, how the development of the scientific method affected the various branches of science, the implications of the ",God particle,", and much more.
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Content
- Cover Page
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Science as Natural Philosophy
- Precritical Science
- Megalithic Monuments
- China
- India
- America
- Mayan Calendar
- The Middle East
- Greek Science
- The Birth of Natural Philosophy
- Aristotle and Archimedes
- Medicine
- Science in Rome and Christianity
- Science in Islam
- Medieval European Science
- Rainbows
- Chapter 2: The Rise of Modern Science
- The Authority of Phenomena
- The Scientific Revolution
- Copernicus
- Copernican System
- Tycho, Kepler, and Galileo
- Newton
- The Diffusion of Scientific Method
- Académie des Sciences
- Chapter 3: The Classic Age of Science
- Mechanics
- Chemistry
- The Imponderable Fluids
- Science and the Industrial Revolution
- The Romantic Revolt
- The Periodic Table
- The Founding of Modern Biology
- Tropism
- Chapter 4: The 20th-Century Revolution and Beyond
- Ether
- Science in the 21st Century: The Search for the Higgs Boson
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
