CONTENTS 



The Author iv 



Preface ix 



Contents xiii 



Abbreviations xviii 



Part I — Introductory Essays 



SCIENCE and TRADITION 



(Lectures delivered at University College, London, 1948) 



I. Science and Tradition 



II. The Tradition of Ancient and Mediaeval Science .... 



Appendix — Monumental and Iconographic Tradition vs. Literary 

 Tradition 



III. Is It Possible to Teach the History of Science? 



3 



17 



42 

 44 



Part II 



A FIRST GUIDE for the STUDY of the 

 HISTORY OF SCIENCE 



Preliminary Remarks 



69 



A. History 



1. Historical Methods 72 



2. Historical Tables and Summaries "75 



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3. Historical Atlases '^^ 



4. Gazetteers '^'^ 



(xiii) 



