Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-1943. A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume I: The Beginnings of Science
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  • Front Matter
  • Chapter 1 I PREHISTORIC SCIENCE
  • Chapter 2 II EGYPTIAN SCIENCE
  • Chapter 3 III SCIENCE OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA
  • Chapter 4 IV THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALPHABET
  • Chapter 5 V THE BEGINNINGS OF GREEK SCIENCE
  • Chapter 6 VI THE EARLY GREEK PHILOSOPHERS IN ITALY
  • Chapter 7 VII GREEK SCIENCE IN THE EARLY ATTIC PERIOD
  • Chapter 8 VIII POST-SOCRATIC SCIENCE AT ATHENS--PLATO, ARISTOTLE, AND THEOPHRASTUS
  • Chapter 9 IX GREEK SCIENCE OF THE ALEXANDRIAN OR HELLENISTIC PERIOD
    • Section ARCHIMEDES OF SYRACUSE AND THE FOUNDATION OF MECHANICS
    • Section ARISTARCHUS OF SAMOS, THE COPERNICUS OF ANTIQUITY
    • Section ERATOSTHENES, ``THE SURVEYOR OF THE WORLD''
    • Section HIPPARCHUS, ``THE LOVER OF TRUTH''
    • Section CTESIBIUS AND HERO: MAGICIANS OF ALEXANDRIA
  • Chapter 10 X SCIENCE OF THE ROMAN PERIOD
  • Chapter 11 XI A RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE AT CLASSICAL SCIENCE
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