SCIENCE-ADVERTISEMENTS 



An Important Contribution to the Literature of Science 



A Short History of Science 



BY 



W. T. SEDGWICK, H. W. TYLER, 



Professor of Biology Professor of Mathematics 



at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 



The history of science is as engrossing as the history of 

 Greece and Rome and gives as sure an indication of the 

 gx'owth of civiHzation as does the history of philosophy, art, 

 hterature, or music. 



The hterature of science has always been more or less 

 technical both in the subject matter and the form of its presen- 

 tation, 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 re- 

 motest period, through the romance of Mediaeval astrology 

 and alchemy to the tremendous achievements of the last 

 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. 



With Appendices and Illustrations. Cloth, 8vo, $2.50 



THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 



PUBLISHERS NEW YORK 



