A Short History of Science 



BY W. T. SEDGWICK 



Head of the Department of Biology 



AND 



W. H. TYLER 



Head of the Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute 

 of Technology 



With Appendices and Illustrations Cloth, 8vo, $2.50 



The history of science is as engrossing as the history of Greece 

 and Rome and gives as sure an indication of the growth of 

 civilization as does the history of philosophy, art, literature, 

 or music. The literature of science has always been more or 

 less technical both in the subject matter and the form of 

 its presentation, and Professors Sedgwick and Tyler have 

 rendered a great service to the lay reader as well as to the 

 student in writing a history of the development of science from 

 its remotest period, through the romance of mediaeval as- 

 trology and alchemy to the tremendous achievements of the 

 last two centuries. "A Short History of Science" is one of 

 the first books of its kind in English and is the result of the 

 authors' many years of joint teaching of the subject. It is a 

 book which will prove of the greatest value to Universities, 

 Colleges, Scientific and Technical schools, and is especially 

 adapted to general reading and reference. 



"It is a wonderful record of human progress, a record of the 

 things by which the real progress of mankind has been achieved. 

 . . . Admirably arranged, with a series of bibliographies and 

 illustrations." San Francisco Chronicle. 



"Both as a textbook and as a reference book, this volume 

 deserves a place in every well-balanced library." 



The Evening Sun. 



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