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A History of Science — Volume 1
by Henry Smith Williams, Edward Huntington Williams
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26 totalA HISTORY OF SCIENCE - BY HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS, M.D., LL.D. ASSISTED BY EDWARD H. WILLIAMS, M.D. IN FIVE VOLUMES VOLUME I. THE BEGINNINGS OF SCIENCE
A HISTORY OF SCIENCE
BOOK I
I. PREHISTORIC SCIENCE
II. EGYPTIAN SCIENCE
III. SCIENCE OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA
IV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALPHABET
V. THE BEGINNINGS OF GREEK SCIENCE
VI. THE EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHERS IN ITALY
VII. GREEK SCIENCE IN THE EARLY ATTIC PERIOD
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Volume 1: The beginnings of science
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en
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Project Gutenberg
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Produced by Charles Keller, and David Widger
Release date
1999-04-01
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Public domain in the USA.
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Henry Smith Williams
1863–1943
A physician, lawyer, and prolific writer, this early 20th-century author turned big subjects like science, medicine, and world history into books for general readers. His work ranges from popular science to sweeping multi-volume histories, reflecting a career built on explaining complex ideas clearly.
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Edward Huntington Williams
1868–1944
A physician turned prolific popular-science writer, he helped bring big scientific ideas to general readers and also wrote frankly about psychology, addiction, and the law. His work moves easily between medicine, courtroom debates, and the history of discovery.
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