x SCIENCE AND THE HUMAN MIND 

 CHAPTER V 



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THE PHYSICS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY . . 153 



The Mechanical View of Nature The Popularization of 

 Science Astronomy The Nebular Hypothesis " Phlo- 

 giston" Lavoisier and the Conservation of Matter Im- 

 ponderable Fluids The Atomic Theory The Wave 

 Theory of Light Spectrum Analysis Heat and the Theory 

 of Energy The Rise of Electrical Science Electric Waves 

 The Theory of Ions Summary. 



CHAPTER VI 

 THE COMING OF EVOLUTION 188 



The Significance of Biology Embryology Natural History 

 Scientific Exploration Organic Chemistry The Physics 

 of Physiology Microbes and Disease Geology Evolution 

 before Darwin Darwin The Fight for Evolution The 

 Effects of Evolution The Experiments of Nature Anthro- 

 pology History, Politics and Sociology Religion. 



CHAPTER VII 

 THE LATEST STAGE 233 



The New Dispensation The Expansion of Physical Science 

 Corpuscles and Electrons Radio-activity The Indi- 

 vidual Atom The Luminiferous ^Ether The Principle of 

 Relativity Mendel and the Laws of Inheritance Neo- 

 vitalism Modern Psychology Comparative Religion The 

 Theory of Scientific Knowledge Science and Philosophy 

 Science and the Human Mind. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY . . 287 



INDEX . 297 



