A History of Science — Volume 2

by Edward Huntington Williams, Henry Smith 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

Description

Volume 2: The beginnings of modern science

Details

Language

Duration

~8 hours (482K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Charles Keller, and David Widger

Release date

1999-04-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Science -- History

About the authors

Edward Huntington Williams

1868–1944

A doctor-turned-writer from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, he wrote widely for general readers on medicine, science, and everyday health. His work aimed to make complex ideas understandable without losing their human side.

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Henry Smith Williams

1863–1943

A physician turned popular science writer, this early 20th-century author had a gift for making big ideas in history and science readable for general audiences. His books range from sweeping world history to lively works on medicine, biology, and the development of civilization.

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