Title: The major achievements of science.
Authors: McKenzie, A. E. E.
Publisher: University Press,
Year: 1960
Subjects: Readers Science.; Science History; Readers Science; Science history
Contents: Ch. 1 Science and technology in ancient and medival times -- Ch. 2 The Copernican theory -- Ch. 3 The mechanical universe -- Ch. 4 The circulation of the blood -- Ch. 5 The pressure of the air -- Ch. 6 The early microscopists -- Ch. 7 The 17th century -- Ch. 8 The creation of modern chemistry -- Ch. 9 The heroic age of geology -- Ch. 10 The 18th century -- Ch. 11 The atomic theory -- Ch. 12 The wave theory of light -- Ch. 13 The conservation and dissipation of energy -- Ch. 14 Field physics -- Ch. 15 The rise of organic chemistry -- Ch. 16 Evolution -- Ch. 17 The germ theory of disease -- Ch. 18 The 19th century -- Ch. 19 Genetics and neo-darwinism -- Ch. 20 The structure of the atom -- Ch. 21 The theory of relativity -- Ch. 22 The quantum theory -- Ch. 23 Cosmogony -- Ch. 24 The 20th century.