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History of Science is a comprehensive multivolume series that explores the progress of science through discovery, innovation, collaboration, and experimentation. Since the publication of the original series a decade ago, authors Ray Spangenburg and Diane Kit Moser have expanded and updated their coverage to include more information on women in science, new photographs and line illustrations, and a "science and society" section devoted to the interchange among science and cultural-social mores and historical events.
Volume I: The Birth of Science: Ancient Times to 1699
Volume II: The Rise of Reason: 1700–1799
Volume III: The Age of Synthesis: 1800-1895
Volume IV: Modern Science: 1896-1945
Volume V: Science Frontiers: 1946 to the Present
The Birth of Science: Volume 1: Ancient Times to 1699
The Birth of Science: Ancient Times to 1699 is a thorough examination of the scientific ideas developed by the early Greeks, the advances of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and the momentous discoveries of the Scientific Revolution in the 17th century. The book details the work of the "giants" of science (including Aristotle, Copernicus, and Isaac Newton); contributions of diverse cultures, especially Islamic science; historical insights from such sources as the correspondence between Galileo and his daughter; and the records of Isaac Newton.Contents: PART I • Precursors of Science: From Ancient Times to the Middle Ages • Ancient Peoples: Observation, Measurement, and Mythology • Time and Place: About 500 B.C.E. in Greece Babylonia and Egypt • The Ancient Greeks: New Ways of Looking at Things • Aristotle-And "Why Things Happen" • From Aristotle to the High Middle Ages: (322 B.C.E.-1449 C.E.) • Archimedes and Direct Observation • Women in Science: Mathematics-Not Just for Men • The Cosmos • Side Roads of Science: Astrology and Its Roots • Hipparchus and Ptolemy • The Rise of Islamic Science • The Scholastics: Frozen in Time • Growth of Science in India and China • PART II • The Scientific Revolution in the Physical Sciences • The Universe Turned Outside-In: Copernicus, Tycho, and Kepler • Copernicus and the Birth of a Revolution • Tycho Brahe: Observer of the Stars • Johannes Kepler and the Elliptical Orbit • Legacy of a Triad • A "Vast and Most Excellent Science": Galileo and the Beginnings of Method • William Gilbert: Pioneer of Experimental Science • Discovering Laws of Motion • The Telescope: Seeing Is Believing • Lippershey and the Invention of the Telescope • Women in Science: The Missing Astronomers • Giordano Bruno: Martyr for Science? • Argument and Capitulation: The Trial • Boyle, Chemistry, and Boyle’s Law • Chemistry’s Beginnings • The Genius of County Cork • Shared Knowledge • An Absence of Gases • Understanding Gases • Building Blocks of Chemistry: Methods and Elements • Newton, the Laws of Motion, and the "Newtonian Revolution" • The Great Synthesizer • Fontenelle: The First Professional Popular Science Writer • Three Laws of Motion • The Nature of Light • Sir Isaac Newton, Hero of an Age • PART III • The Scientific Revolution in the Life Sciences • The Anatomists: From Vesalius to Fabricius • Galen’s Mixed Legacy • Vesalius the Anatomist • The Seeds of Change • Paracelsus, Pharmaceuticals, and Medicine • Paracelsus, the Physician • Paracelsus, the Alchemist • Sanctorius (Santorio Santorio) • The Heart of the Matter • Early Ideas About Blood • Big Ideas in a Small Book • Harvey and Animal Reproduction • Blood and Air • The Amazing Microscopic World • Malpighi and the Capillary • Grew Views Plant Structure • Giovanni Borelli and the Mechanical Body • Swammerdam Examines Insects • Hooke, Master Illustrator • Leeuwenhoek’s "Wretched Beasties • Understanding the Diversity of Life • The Vegetable Lamb on a Stalk • Francesco Redi and Spontaneous Generation • Konrad Gesner, Natural Historian • Fossils • John Ray and the Species Concept • PART IV • Science, Society, and the Scientific Revolution • The Seventeenth Century: A Time of Transition • John Dee: Scientist and Magician • Royal Intrigues • A Time of Intertwined Beliefs • Secrecy and Power • Conclusion: An Evolving Legacy: The Scientific MethodISBN - 9788130921600
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