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An Introduction to the History of Science

Walter Libby (1867 - 1955?)

A highly accessible introductory history of the development of scientific thought, method, and application from the first practical concepts of time and space (Babylonia, Egypt) to the development of the first successful heavier-than-air flying machine (Langley) and the discovery of radioactivity (Curie). - Summary by Steven Seitel

Genre(s): Mathematics, Science

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	00 Preface	Steven Seitel	00:05:45
Play 01	01 Science and Practical Needs - Egypt and Babylonia	Steven Seitel	00:24:27
Play 02	02 The Influence of Abstract Thought - Greece: Aristotle	Steven Seitel	00:26:58
Play 03	03 Scientific Theory Subordinated to Application - Rome: Vitruvius	Steven Seitel	00:22:27
Play 04	04 The Continuity of Science - The Medieval Church and the Arabs	Steven Seitel	00:24:28
Play 05	05 The Classification of the Sciences - Francis Bacon	Steven Seitel	00:27:49
Play 06	06 Scientific Method - Gilbert, Galileo, Harvey, Descartes	Steven Seitel	00:23:46
Play 07	07 Science as Measurement - Tycho Brahe, Kepler, Boyle	Steven Seitel	00:23:03
Play 08	08 Cooperation in Science - The Royal Society	Steven Seitel	00:26:40
Play 09	09 Science and the Struggle for Liberty - Benjamin Franklin	Steven Seitel	00:26:13
Play 10	10 The Interaction of the Sciences - Werner, Hutton, Black, Hall, William Smith	Steven Seitel	00:23:00
Play 11	11 Science and Religion - Kant, Lambert, Laplace, Sir William Herschel	Steven Seitel	00:22:23
Play 12	12 The Reign of Law - Dalton, Joule	Steven Seitel	00:26:12
Play 13	13 The Scientist - Sir Humphry Davy	Steven Seitel	00:25:29
Play 14	14 Scientific Prediction - The Discovery of Neptune	Steven Seitel	00:22:41
Play 15	15 Science and Travel - The Voyage of the Beagle	Steven Seitel	00:27:49
Play 16	16 Science and War - Pasteur, Lister	Steven Seitel	00:31:51
Play 17	17 Science and Invention - Langley's Aeroplane	Steven Seitel	00:22:54
Play 18	18 Scientific Hypothesis - Radioactive Substances	Steven Seitel	00:21:04
Play 19	19 The Scientific Imagination	Steven Seitel	00:20:45
Play 20	20 Science and Democratic Culture	Steven Seitel	00:22:32

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