The adventure of science
By: [by] Benjamin Ginzburg.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1930
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 487
Subjects: Science -- History; Scientists
Notes: "Corrigenda" slip inserted.
Table of contents: title: Pythagoras: the birth of mathematical science.; title: Aristotle: his science and his system.; title: The Alexandrian period: Archimedes and Ptolemy.; title: Copernicus and the revival of science.; title: Galileo: the new science clashes with theology.; title: Harvey and the circulation of the blood.; title: Isaac Newton: science comes of age.; title: Lavoisier: the father of scientific chemistry.; title: Walton and the atomic theory.; title: Faraday and Maxwell: the science of electro-magnetism.; title: Helmholtz and the conservation of energy.; title: Lamarck and Darwin: the doctrine of evolution.; title: Pasteur: the germ theory of disease.; title: Mendel and the science of heredity.; title: Einstein and the theories of relativity.; title: The atom and the quantum theory.; title: Conclusion.; title: Bibliographical notes (p. 462-472)