A Short History of Science to the Nineteenth Century |
Contents
RISE OF MENTAL COHERENCE The Foundations 600 | 7 |
THE GREAT ADVENTURE Unitary Systems of Thought | 32 |
THE FAILURE OF NERVE Divorce of Science and Philo | 56 |
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