CONTENTS 



FOREWORD BY Max H. FlSCH V 



part one: THE SPREAD OF UNDERSTANDING 



1 . The Spread of Understanding 3 



2. The History of Medicine versus the History 



of Art 15 



3. The History of Science 79 



part two: SECRET HISTORY 



4. Secret History 61 



5. Leonardo and the Birth of Modern Science 65 



6. Evariste Galois 83 



7. Ernest Renan 101 



8. Herbert Spencer 116 



part three: EAST AND WEST 



9. East and West in the History of Science 131 



part four: CASTING BREAD UPON THE FACE 



OF THE WATERS 



10. An Institute for the History of Science and 



Civilization 169 



11. Casting Bread upon the Face of the Waters 175 



EDITORIAL NOTE, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, AND SOURCES 187 



INDEX 191 



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