CONTENTS 



I. SCIENCE AND PRACTICAL NEEDS EGYPT 



AND BABYLONIA 1 



n. THE INFLUENCE OF ABSTRACT THOUGHT 



GREECE: ARISTOTLE 15 



HI. SCIENTIFIC THEORY SUBORDINATED TO ,W 



PLICATION ROME: VITRUVIUS .... 30 



IV. THE CONTINUITY OF SCIENCE THE MEDI- 

 EVAL CHURCH AND THE ARABS .... 43 



V. THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE SCIENCES 



FRANCIS BACON 57 



VI. SCIENTIFIC METHOD GILBERT, GALILEO, 



HARVEY, DESCARTES 72 



VII. SCIENCE AS MEASUREMENT TYCHO BRAHE, 



KEPLER, BOYLE 86 



VIII. COOPERATION IN SCIENCE THE ROYAL 



SOCIETY 99 



IX. SCIENCE AND THE STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY 



BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 114 



X. THE INTERACTION OF THE SCIENCES 

 WERNER, HUTTON, BLACK, HALL, WILLIAM 

 SMITH 129 



XI. SCIENCE AND RELIGION KANT, LAMBERT, 



LAPLACE, SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL . . . 142 



XII. THE REIGN OF LAW DALTON, JOULE . . 155 



