Background to modern science ; ten lectures at Cambridge arranged by the History of science committee, 1936 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Needham, Joseph, 1900-1995
Corporate Author: University of Cambridge. History of Science Committee
Other Authors: Pagel, Walter, 1898-1983, Cornford, Francis Macdonald, 1874-1943
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge, Eng. : Macmillan co., The University press, 1938.
Series:Cambridge library of modern science.
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Table of Contents:
  • Greek natural philosophy and modern science, by F. M. Cornford
  • From Aristotle to Galileo, by Sir W. C. Dampier
  • Forty years of physics, by Lord Rutherford
  • Forty years of crystal physics, by W. L. Bragg
  • Forty years of atomic theory, by F. W. Ashton
  • Forty years of astronomy, by Sir Arthur Eddington
  • Forty years of physiology and pathology, by J. A. Ryle
  • Forty years of parasitology and tropical medicine, by G. H. F. Nuttall
  • Forty years of evolution theory, by R. C. Punnett
  • Forty years of genetics, by J. B. S. Haldane.