Background to Modern Science
Background to Modern Science
Ten Lectures at Cambridge Arranged by the History of Science Committee
Joseph Needham
Walter Pagel
Walter Pagel
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Originally published in 1938, this book contains the text of ten lectures arranged by the History of Science Committee at the University of Cambridge in 1936. Each speaker covered a different aspect of scientific endeavour, focussing mostly on advances made in the period between 1895 and 1935 in fields such as parasitology, radioactivity, astronomy and evolution theory. The lecturers include such scientific notables as Lord Rutherford, Professor George Nuttall and Sir William Dampier, chosen for the fact that they had 'made fundamental contributions to science' in the previous forty years. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of science.
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256 pages
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Greek natural philosophy and modern science Francis M. Cornford
- 2. From Aristotle to Galileo William C. Dampier
- 3. Forty years of physics Lord Rutherford (revised and prepared for press by J. A. Ratcliffe)
- 4. Forty years of crystal physics W. L. Bragg
- 5. Forty years of atomic theory F. W. Aston
- 6. Forty years of astronomy Arthur Eddington
- 7. Forty years of physiology and pathology John A. Ryle
- 8. Forty years of parasitology and tropical medicine G. H. F. Nuttall
- 9. Forty years of evolution theory R. C. Punnett
- 10. Forty years of genetics J. B. S. Haldane.
