A Shorter History of Science

This book, first published in 1944, provides an account of the development of science from prehistory through to the discoveries of the twentieth century.

William Cecil Dampier (Author)

9781107672901, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 12 December 2013

208 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 1.2 cm, 0.23 kg

Sir William Cecil Dampier (1867–1952) was a British scientist and agriculturalist who was knighted in 1931 for services to agriculture. In this book, which was first published in 1944, Dampier provides an accessible account of the development of science from its origins in prehistory through to the discoveries of the twentieth century. Illustrative figures and a bibliography are also included. This is a highly readable book that will be of value to anyone with an interest in the writings of Dampier and the history of science.

Preface
1. The origins
2. Greece and Rome
3. The Middle Ages
4. The Renaissance
5. Galileo and Newton: the first physical synthesis
6. The eighteenth century
7. Physics and chemistry of the nineteenth century
8. Nineteenth-century biology
9. Recent biology
10. The new physics and chemistry
11. The stellar universe
A note on bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: History of science [PDX]