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Sarton on the History of Science
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface v
  3. CONTENTS xi
  4. Biographical Note xv
  5. I
  6. History of Science 1
  7. Four Guiding Ideas 15
  8. Acta atque Agenda 23
  9. The Scientific Basis of the History of Science 50
  10. II
  11. Avicenna: Physician, Scientist and Philosopher ( 980- 1037) 67
  12. Maimonides: Philosopher and Physician ( 1135 - 1204) 78
  13. The Quest for Truth: A Brief Account of Scientific Progress during the Renaissance 102
  14. Leonardo da Vinci ( 1452-1519 ) 121
  15. Simon Stevin of Bruges (1548-1620) 149
  16. Rumphius, Plinius Indicus [the East Indian Pliny] (1628-1702) 189
  17. Montucla (1725-1799) His Life and Works 197
  18. Quetelet ( 1796-1874 ) 229
  19. Aimé Bonpland (1773-1858 ) 243
  20. Moseley (1887-1915) The Numbering of the Elements 268
  21. III
  22. [English as an International Language]: A Letter to the Editor of the New York Evening Post, Februaiy 22, 1919 284
  23. The Tower of Babel 287
  24. Notes on the Reviewing of Learned Books 305
  25. Incunabula Wrongly Dated 320
  26. Iconographie Honesty 326
  27. The Study of Early Scientific Textbooks 339
  28. Remarks Concerning the History of Twentieth-Century Science 355
  29. The Work of a Historian of Science 364
  30. A Summing Up 367
  31. INDEX 371
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674432734.c16

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface v
  3. CONTENTS xi
  4. Biographical Note xv
  5. I
  6. History of Science 1
  7. Four Guiding Ideas 15
  8. Acta atque Agenda 23
  9. The Scientific Basis of the History of Science 50
  10. II
  11. Avicenna: Physician, Scientist and Philosopher ( 980- 1037) 67
  12. Maimonides: Philosopher and Physician ( 1135 - 1204) 78
  13. The Quest for Truth: A Brief Account of Scientific Progress during the Renaissance 102
  14. Leonardo da Vinci ( 1452-1519 ) 121
  15. Simon Stevin of Bruges (1548-1620) 149
  16. Rumphius, Plinius Indicus [the East Indian Pliny] (1628-1702) 189
  17. Montucla (1725-1799) His Life and Works 197
  18. Quetelet ( 1796-1874 ) 229
  19. Aimé Bonpland (1773-1858 ) 243
  20. Moseley (1887-1915) The Numbering of the Elements 268
  21. III
  22. [English as an International Language]: A Letter to the Editor of the New York Evening Post, Februaiy 22, 1919 284
  23. The Tower of Babel 287
  24. Notes on the Reviewing of Learned Books 305
  25. Incunabula Wrongly Dated 320
  26. Iconographie Honesty 326
  27. The Study of Early Scientific Textbooks 339
  28. Remarks Concerning the History of Twentieth-Century Science 355
  29. The Work of a Historian of Science 364
  30. A Summing Up 367
  31. INDEX 371
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