CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 12 14 16 20 CHAPTER 1 SCIENCE IN OUR WORLD The Significance of Science in Society Stem Cells The Scientific method Philosophy of Science Fire One of the earliest Discoveries Early Hunting Methods and Agriculture Other Early Discoveries 23 28 28 29 33 34 36 CHAPTER 2 THE BEGINNING OF WRITING The Beginnings of Science in Greece Archimedes The Roman Empire The Dark Ages and the Middle Ages Papermaking and Firearms Gutenberg's Contribution 38 38 39 40 43 44 CHAPTER 3 THE BREAKTHROUGH IN ASTRONOMY Nicolaus Copernicus Kepler s Laws of Planetary Motion Johannes Kepler Galileo's work with the Telescope Newton's Discoveries 45 46 47
49 49 50 52 53 CHAPTER 4 SCIENCE IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES Electricity Mathematics The Steam Engine Early Steam Engines The Biological Sciences Chemistry The Phlogiston Theory Lavoisier's Contribution Electric Current Antoine Laurent Lavoisier 19th Century Growth of Science 55 56 57 58 60 61 62 67 68 70 72 72 74 CHAPTER 5 THE 20TH CENTURY AND BEYOND 2oth Century Advances in Physics Discoveries in Genetics The Turn Toward Outer Space Big Bang Theory Hubble Space Telescope Wegener's Continental Drift Theory Modern Medicine Information Technology Scientific Communication Funding and Awards Higgs Boson The God Particle 80 81 83 85 88 90 CONCLUSION GLOSSARY FOR MORE INFORMATION FOR FURTHER READING INDEX 93 96 97
