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00 Preface
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01 Science and Practical Needs - Egypt and Babylonia
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02 The Influence of Abstract Thought - Greece: Aristotle
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03 Scientific Theory Subordinated to Application - Rome: Vitruvius
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04 The Continuity of Science - The Medieval Church and the Arabs
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05 The Classification of the Sciences - Francis Bacon
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06 Scientific Method - Gilbert, Galileo, Harvey, Descartes
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07 Science as Measurement - Tycho Brahe, Kepler, Boyle
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08 Cooperation in Science - The Royal Society
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09 Science and the Struggle for Liberty - Benjamin Franklin
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10 The Interaction of the Sciences - Werner, Hutton, Black, Hall, William Smith
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11 Science and Religion - Kant, Lambert, Laplace, Sir William Herschel
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12 The Reign of Law - Dalton, Joule
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13 The Scientist - Sir Humphry Davy
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14 Scientific Prediction - The Discovery of Neptune
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15 Science and Travel - The Voyage of the Beagle
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16 Science and War - Pasteur, Lister
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17 Science and Invention - Langley's Aeroplane
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18 Scientific Hypothesis - Radioactive Substances
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19 The Scientific Imagination
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20 Science and Democratic Culture