INDEX 



Abelard, 54 



Academies of Science, 89 



Acquired characteristics, 169, 170 



Adams, G. B., 50, 67, 82 



Adaptation, 171-172 



"Admirable Doctor," the, 62 



Adriatic sea, 78 



Advertising, 281 



jEgeans, 19, 26, 27 



Agar, 128, 130 



Age of Reason, 115 



Agnosticism, 302 



Agobard, 53 



Agricultural Revolution, 106 



Albertus Magnus, 60 



Alchemy, 36, 83 



Alexandrian Library, 35, 56 



Alexandrian Museum, see Museum 



Alfonso, King, of Naples, 82 



Algebra, 57, 58 



Al-Mamun, 56, 57 



American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, 185 



Amma, 130 



Anatomy, comparative, 165, 173, 182, 

 184 



Andalusian fowl, 135, 136 



Animalcules, see Microorganisms 



Anthrax, 150 



Antipodes, 51-52, 61 



Antisepsis, 152 



Apes, 99 



Applied science, 107-108 



Arab Conquest, 55, 56 



Arab culture, characterization of, 58 



Arab science, 36, 53, 54, 56, 59, 67, 90 



Archimedes, 32, 35 



Aristarchus, 32 



Aristocracy and science, 283-289 



Aristotle, 33, 34, 62, 63, 64, 68, 84, 

 230, 241 



Arithmetic, 23, 24, 27 



Arkwright's water frame, 105 



Asepsis, 152 



Astrology, 24, 76, 81 



Astronomy, 24, 57, 62, 64, 72, 83, 

 94,96 



Athenians, 28, 317 



Atomic Theory, 33, 97, 98 



Authority, 4-8, 310; see also Tradition 

 Automobile, 62 

 Averroes, 58, 64, 76 

 Avicenna, 58 

 Awareness, 213 



Babylonian science, 3, 23 



Bacillus of tuberculosis, 152 



Bacon, Francis, 62, 74, 91, 106, 111, 



112 230 

 Bacon, Roger, 58, 62-63, 65, 67, 68, 



90, 91, 106, 112 

 Bacteria, 85, 247 

 Bacteriology, 120 

 von Baer, K. E., 173, 197, 309 

 Bagdad, 56 

 Baikie, J., 26 

 Baptism, 51 

 Barbarians, 60 

 Basil, 47 

 Bates, 215 

 Bayle, 113, 114 

 Behavior of Animals, 210-214 

 Berbers, 59 



Bestiaries, see Physiologi 

 Bible, see Scriptures 

 Biblical traditions; see Scriptures 

 Binomial nomenclature, 98 

 Biogenesis, 242, 248 

 Biological science and modern 



thought, 10, 73, 84, 95, 119-120, 



149, 217, 318 

 Biological Station, Fairport, 256 

 Biology and medicine, 218 

 Blanckenhorn, M., 13 

 Blood tests, 182, 184 

 Boccaccio, 77 



Botanical gardens, 36, 84, 85 

 Botany, 84, 217 

 Bovle, 72, 83, 97 

 Brahe, Tycho, 72 

 Breasted, J. H., 13, 21 

 Breeding of animals, 87, 257, 259 

 Brooks, W. K., 88 

 Browne, C. A., 32, 36, 48 

 Bruno, Giordano, 74 

 Buckle, 263 

 Buffon, 99, 163-164, 168, 177, 308, 



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