An Introduction to the History of Science

1. 00 Preface

   5:45

2. 01 Science and Practical Needs - Egypt and Babylonia

   24:27

3. 02 The Influence of Abstract Thought - Greece: Aristotle

   26:58

4. 03 Scientific Theory Subordinated to Application - Rome: Vitruvius

   22:27

5. 04 The Continuity of Science - The Medieval Church and the Arabs

   24:28

6. 05 The Classification of the Sciences - Francis Bacon

   27:49

7. 06 Scientific Method - Gilbert, Galileo, Harvey, Descartes

   23:46

8. 07 Science as Measurement - Tycho Brahe, Kepler, Boyle

   23:03

9. 08 Cooperation in Science - The Royal Society

   26:40

10. 09 Science and the Struggle for Liberty - Benjamin Franklin

    26:13

11. 10 The Interaction of the Sciences - Werner, Hutton, Black, Hall, William Smith

    23:00

12. 11 Science and Religion - Kant, Lambert, Laplace, Sir William Herschel

    22:23

13. 12 The Reign of Law - Dalton, Joule

    26:12

14. 13 The Scientist - Sir Humphry Davy

    25:29

15. 14 Scientific Prediction - The Discovery of Neptune

    22:41

16. 15 Science and Travel - The Voyage of the Beagle

    27:49

17. 16 Science and War - Pasteur, Lister

    31:51

18. 17 Science and Invention - Langley's Aeroplane

    22:54

19. 18 Scientific Hypothesis - Radioactive Substances

    21:04

20. 19 The Scientific Imagination

    20:45

21. 20 Science and Democratic Culture

    22:32

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