
The Value of Science
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Stephen Jay Gould is the Alexander Agassiz professor of zoology and professor of geology at Harvard and the Vincent Astor visiting professor of biology at New York University. Recent books include Full House, Dinosaur in a Haystack, and Questioning the Millennium. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and New York City.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Introduction to the Modern Library Science Series by Stephen Jay Gould
- Contents
- Science and Hypothesis
- Author's Preface
- Part I: Number and Magnitude
- Chapter I: On the Nature of Mathematical Reasoning
- Chapter II: Mathematical Magnitude and Experiment
- Part II: Space
- Chapter III: Non-Euclidean Geometries
- Chapter IV: Space and Geometry
- Chapter V: Experiment and Geometry
- Part III: Force
- Chapter VI: The Classical Mechanics
- Chapter VII: Relative and Absolute Motion
- Chapter VIII: Energy and Thermo-Dynamics
- Part IV: Nature
- Chapter IX: Hypotheses in Physics
- Chapter X: The Theories of Modern Physics
- Chapter XI: The Calculus of Probabilities
- Chapter XII: Optics and Electricity
- Chapter XIII: Electro-Dynamics
- The Value of Science: Translated by George Bruce Halsted
- Author's Essay Prefatory to the Translation
- Introduction
- Part I: The Mathematical Sciences
- Chapter I: Intuition and Logic in Mathematics
- Chapter II: The Measure of Time
- Chapter III: The Notion of Space
- Chapter IV: Space and Its Three Dimensions
- Part II: The Physical Sciences
- Chapter V: Analysis and Physics
- Chapter VI: Astronomy
- Chapter VII: The History of Mathematical Physics
- Chapter VIII: The Present Crisis of Mathematical Physics
- Chapter IX: The Future of Mathematical Physics
- Part III: The Objective Value of Science
- Chapter X: Is Science Artificial?
- Chapter XI: Science and Reality
- Science and Method: Translated by Francis Maitland
- Introduction
- Part I: The Scientist and Science
- Chapter I: The Selection of Facts
- Chapter II: The Future of Mathematics
- Chapter III: Mathematical Discovery
- Chapter IV: Chance
- Part II: Mathematical Reasoning
- Chapter I: The Relativity of Space
- Chapter II: Mathematical Definitions and Education
- Chapter III: Mathematics and Logic
- Chapter IV: The New Logics
- Chapter V: The Last Efforts of the Logisticians
- Part III: The New Mechanics
- Chapter I: Mechanics and Radium
- Chapter II: Mechanics and Optics
- Chapter III: The New Mechanics and Astronomy
- Part IV: Astronomical Science
- Chapter I: The Milky Way and the Theory of Gases
- Chapter II: French Geodesy
- General Conclusions
- Also from the Modern Library Science Series
- Biographical Note
- The Modern Library Editorial Board
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