1st Edition

A History of Science Technology and Philosophy in the 16 and 17th Centuries

By Abraham Wolf Copyright 1935
    726 Pages
    by Routledge

    726 Pages
    by Routledge

    Published in 1935: This is the first attempt to give a full portrait if the mind of the 16th and 17th centuries. Detailed accounts are given of all that is important in the first two centuries of modern science and philosophy.

      1. Modern Science  2. The Copernical Revolution  3. Galileo Galilei  4. Scientific Academies  5. Scientific Instruments  6. The Progress of Astronomy: Tycho Brahe and Kepler  7. The Newtonian Synthesis  8. Astronomers and Observatories in the Age of Newton  9. Mathematics  10. Mechanics  11. Physics: 1 Light 12. Physics 2. Heat 3. Sound  13. Physics: 4 Magnetism and Electricity  14. Meteorology  15. Chemistry  16. Geology  17. Geography: 1. Exploration 2. Cartography 3. Treatises  18. The Biological Sciences 1. Botany 2. Zoology 3. Anatopmy and Physiology 4. Microscopic Biology  19. Medicine  20. Technology: 1. Science and Technology 2. Agriculture 3. Textiles  21. Technology: 4. Building Problems  22. Technology: 5. Mining and Metallurgy: 6. Mechanical Engineering  23. Technology: 7. The Steam Engine 8. Mechnical Calculators  24. Psychology  25. The Social Sciences  26. Philosophy

      Biography

      Abraham Wolf