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
00 Preface01 Science and Practical Needs - Egypt and Babylonia02 The Influence of Abstract Thought - Greece: Aristotle03 Scientific Theory Subordinated to Application - Rome: Vitruvius04 The Continuity of Science - The Medieval Church and the Arabs05 The Classification of the Sciences - Francis Bacon06 Scientific Method - Gilbert, Galileo, Harvey, Descartes07 Science as Measurement - Tycho Brahe, Kepler, Boyle08 Cooperation in Science - The Royal Society09 Science and the Struggle for Liberty - Benjamin Franklin10 The Interaction of the Sciences - Werner, Hutton, Black, Hall, William Smith11 Science and Religion - Kant, Lambert, Laplace, Sir William Herschel12 The Reign of Law - Dalton, Joule13 The Scientist - Sir Humphry Davy14 Scientific Prediction - The Discovery of Neptune15 Science and Travel - The Voyage of the Beagle16 Science and War - Pasteur, Lister17 Science and Invention - Langley's Aeroplane18 Scientific Hypothesis - Radioactive Substances19 The Scientific Imagination20 Science and Democratic Culture
An Introduction to the History of Science - Walter Libby - Description and brief content, listen free online on the e-library site at Knigi-Audio.com/en/