Listenly
Browse
Authors
Henry Smith Williams
A History of Science — Volume 2

audiobook

A History of Science — Volume 2

by Henry Smith Williams, Edward Huntington Williams

EN·~8 hours·28 chapters

Chapters

28 total

BOOK II. THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN SCIENCE

2:40

I. SCIENCE IN THE DARK AGE

15:02

II. MEDIAEVAL SCIENCE AMONG THE ARABIANS

28:42

III. MEDIAEVAL SCIENCE IN THE WEST

33:17

IV. THE NEW COSMOLOGY—COPERNICUS TO KEPLER AND GALILEO

1:08:10

V. GALILEO AND THE NEW PHYSICS

52:28

VI. TWO PSEUDO-SCIENCES—ALCHEMY AND ASTROLOGY

53:16

VII. FROM PARACELSUS TO HARVEY - PARACELSUS

41:00

VIII. MEDICINE IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES

14:57

IX. PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTISTS AND NEW INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING

20:24

Show text

Description

Volume 2: The beginnings of modern science

Collections

Browse all

Details

Language

Duration

~8 hours (482K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Charles Keller, and David Widger

Release date

Apr 1, 1999

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1706

Subjects

Science -- History Q

About the authors

Henry Smith Williams

1863–1943

A doctor, lawyer, and prolific writer, he turned big subjects like medicine, science, and world history into books for general readers. He is especially remembered for ambitious multi-volume works that aimed to bring wide learning within reach of a broad audience.

View all books

Edward Huntington Williams

1868–1944

A physician turned popular science writer, he helped bring medicine, psychology, and scientific history to general readers in the early 20th century. His books range from practical health topics to sweeping surveys of science and a novel set inside a hospital for the criminally insane.

View all books