A history of science and its relations with philosophy & religion

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A history of science and its relations with philosophy & religion

by Sir William Cecil Dampier

Cambridge University Press, 1979

4th ed. reprinted with a postscript / by I. Bernard Cohen

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Note

Bibliography: p. [504]-519

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This famous book, first published in 1929 was considerably revised and enlarged in its fourth edition, which is being reprinted now. This edition had the addition of a postscript by Professor I. Bernard Cohen containing a list of reading, with comments on them to guide the readers.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Science in the Ancient World
  • 2. The Middle Ages
  • 3. The Renaissance
  • 4. The Newtonian Epoch
  • 5. The Eighteenth Century
  • 6. Nineteenth-Century Physics
  • 7. Nineteenth-Century Biology
  • 8. Nineteenth-Century Science and Philosophic Thought
  • 9. Further Development in Biology and Anthropology
  • 10. The New Era in Physics
  • 11. The Stellar Universe
  • 12. Scientific Philosophy and its Outlook.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA1014566X
  • ISBN
    • 052109366X
  • LCCN
    66070313
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxvii, 544 p.
  • Size
    ill., charts ; 24 cm
  • Classification
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