Title: Makers of science : mathematics, physics, astronomy /
Authors: Hart, Ivor B. 1889-1962.; Singer, Charles.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, H. Milford,
Year: 1923
Subjects: Scientists; Science History; Mathematics; Physics; Astronomy
Contents: Aristotle -- The school of Alexandria -- Roger Bacon -- Copernicus -- Johann Kepler -- William Gilbert, father of magnetic philosophy -- Galileo, founder of experimental science -- Descartes and co-ordinate geometry -- Sir Isaac Newton -- Robert Boyle -- Ampere and magnetic electricity -- Sir Humphry Davy -- Ohm and his famous law -- Michael Faraday -- Lord Kelvin and applied science -- Science to-day and to-morrow.