The Evolution of Modern Science
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788740304800
Table of contents: title: Content; title: Preface; title: Acknowledgements; title: To the Student; title: 1. Before the Greeks (Pre-history–600 BCE); title: 2. Ancient Greek Science (600 BCE–300 CE); title: 2.1. Greek Theories; title: 2.2. Greek Philosophy and Science; title: 3. A Period of Stagnancy – The Dark Ages (300–1400); title: 3.1. The Dark Ages; title: 3.2. The Scholastic Synthesis; title: 4. Classical Physics and Astronomy (1400–1600); title: 4.1. A New Cosmology; title: 4.2. The Language of Nature; title: 5. Experimental Science and Knowledge: The Scientific Revolution and The Enlightenment (1500–1700); title: 5.1. The Scientific Revolution; title: 5.2. A Mechanistic World; title: 5.3. The Scientific Method; title: 5.4. Space and Time; title: 5.5. Newtonianism and The Scientific Revolution; title: 5.6. The Enlightenment and the Idea of Progress; title: 5.7. Preface to the Industrial Age; title: 6. Classical Chemistry (1700–1900); title: 6.1. The Foundations of Modern Chemistry; title: 6.2. Chemistry Becomes a Science; title: 6.3. Organic (living) Chemistry; title: 7. Classical Electricity, Magnetism and Light (1700–1900); title: 7.1. Electrical Phenomena; title: 7.2. Volta’s Cell Applied to Chemistry; title: 7.3. Electricity, Magnetism and Light; title: 7.4. Electrical Technology; title: 8. Thermodynamics (1700–1900); title: 8.1. The Rise of Steam Technology; title: 8.2. Heat and Energy – the First Law of Thermodynamics; title: 8.3. Entropy – The Second Law of Thermodynamics; title: 8.4. Entropy and Civilization; title: 9. Natural History – Taxonomy and Geology (1700–1800); title: 9.1. Foundations of Natural History; title: 9.2. Natural History and Classical Geology; title: 10. Classical Biology (1800–1900); title: 10.1. Evolution; title: 10.2. Darwinism; title: 10.3. Darwinism in America; title: 11. Origin of the Social Sciences (1750–1900); title: 11.1. Economics; title: 11.2. Sociology; title: 11.3. Political Science; title: 11.4. Psychology; title: 11.5. Social Science and Statistics; title: 11.6. Social Darwinism; title: 12. Atomic and Nuclear Era (1900–1950); title: 12.1. Pre-1900 American Science; title: 12.2. Theories of the Aether; title: 12.3. X-Rays and Radioactivity; title: 12.4. Atomic Structure; title: 12.5. Nuclear Fusion and Fission; title: 12.6. Special Relativity; title: 12.7. Quantum Mechanics; title: 13. Science and the U.S. Government (1900– ); title: 13.1. The Atomic Bomb; title: 13.2. Sputnik and the Space Rac; title: 14. A New Understanding of Life (1700– ); title: 14.1. The Cell; title: 14.2. Genetics; title: 14.3. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid); title: 15. Modern Cosmology – the Origin of the Universe (1900– ); title: 15.1. Galaxies and Cepheids; title: 15.2. General Relativity and Black Holes; title: 15.3. The Redshift and the Big Bang; title: 16. The Chemical Bond (1900– ); title: 17. The Computer Revolution (1900– ); title: 17.1. Counting, Numbers, and Calculation; title: 17.2. Mathematics and Digital Computers; title: 17.3. Boolean Algebra; title: 17.4. Systems of Mathematics; title: 17.5. Computing Machines; title: 18. The Conservation Movement and Ecology (1900– ); title: 18.1. National Parks; title: 18.2. Preservationists vs. Wise-Use Advocates; title: 18.3. Food Chains and Ecology; title: 19. Modern Geology (1900– ); title: 19.1. The Age of the Earth; title: 19.2. Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics; title: 20. Afterword; title: 21. Appendices; title: 21.1. Appendix 1 – Arithmetic and Geometry; title: 21.2. Appendix 2 – Formal Logic; title: 21.3. Appendix 3 – Algebra; title: 21.4. Appendix 4 – Analytical Geometry; title: 21.5. Appendix 5 – Calculus; title: 21.6. Appendix 6 – Statistics; title: 21.7. Appendix 7 – Boolean Algebra and Set Theory; title: 21.8. Appendix 8 – The Ancients Revisited – Titus Lucretius Carus; title: 22. Bibliography; title: 23. Endnotes