CONTENTS 



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CHAPTER I 

 INTRODUCTION i 



The Genesis of Natural Science The Races of Europe- 

 Creation and Culture Mysticism and Dogma. 



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CHAPTER II 



SCIENCE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD . 21 



Chaldea Egypt India Greece Religion and Philo- 

 sophy. Early Greek Philosophy The Problem of Matter 

 The Atomists Aristotle Euclid and Geometry Archi- 

 medes and the Origins of Mechanics Medicine The 

 Failure of Rome The Influence of Alexandria. 



CHAPTER III 

 THE MEDIAEVAL MIND 59 



The Middle Ages The Patristic Age The Dark Ages 

 The Reconstruction of Europe The Coming of the North 

 Arabian Science The Revival of Learning The School- 

 men Thomas Aquinas Dante Roger Bacon The Decay 

 of Scholasticism. 



CHAPTER IV 



THE RENAISSANCE AND ITS ACHIEVEMENT ... 99 



The Origins Leonardo da Vinci Copernicus Bruno- 

 Galileo Gilbert of Colchester Francis Bacon The Re- 

 naissance in France Descartes Pascal Tycho Brahe and 

 Kepler Scientific Academies Newton Medical Science 

 during the Renaissance William Harvey The Rise of 

 Chemistry Voyages of Discovery Botany and Natural 

 History Spontaneous Generation Witchcraft The Chris- 

 tian Platonists Summary. 



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