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Thomas L. Isenhour
The Evolution of Modern Science
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The Evolution of Modern Science
Contents
Contents
The cover is a painting by Patricia M. Isenhour and is entitled „Surfaces“.
It is metaphorical for science and what lies ahead of us beneath the surface
Preface
Acknowledgements
To the Student
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Before the Greeks (Pre-history–600 BCE)
Ancient Greek Science (600 BCE–300 CE)
Greek Theories
Greek Philosophy and Science
Greeks under Roman Domination
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A Period of Stagnancy – The Dark Ages (300–1400)
The Dark Ages
The Scholastic Synthesis
Classical Physics and Astronomy (1400–1600)
A New Cosmology
The Language of Nature
Experimental Science and Knowledge: The Scientific Revolution and
The Enlightenment (1500–1700)
The Scientific Revolution
A Mechanistic World
The Scientific Method
Space and Time
Newtonianism and The Scientific Revolution
The Enlightenment and the Idea of Progress
Preface to the Industrial Age
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