History of the Inductive Sciences
From the Earliest to the Present Times

Table of Contents

Introduction
Preface
Book I. History of the Greek School Philosophy, with Reference to Physical Science:
1. Prelude to the Greek School Philosophy
2. The Greek School Philosophy
3. Failure of the Greek School Philosophy
Book II. History of the Physical Sciences in Ancient Greece:
1. Earliest stages of mechanics and hydrostatics
2. Earliest stages of optics
3. Earliest stages of harmonics
Book III. History of Greek Astronomy:
1. Earliest stages of astronomy
2. Prelude to the inductive epoch of Hipparchus
3. Inductive epoch of Hipparchus
4. Sequel to the inductive epoch of Hipparchus
Book IV. History of Physical Science in the Middle Ages:
1. On the indistinctness of ideas of the middle ages
2. The commentatorial spirit of the middle ages
3. Of the mysticism of the middle ages
4. Of the dogmatism of the middle ages
5. Progress of the arts in the middle ages
Book V. History of Formal Astronomy after the Stationary Period:
1. Prelude to the inductive epoch of Copernicus
2. Induction of Copernicus. The heliocentric theory asserted on formal grounds
3. Sequel to Copernicus. The reception and development of the Copernican theory
4. Inductive epoch of Kepler
5. Sequel to the epoch of Kepler. Reception, verification, and extension of the elliptical theory.

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