Studies in the history of science / by E. A. Speiser [and 7 others].

  • University of Pennsylvania. Bicentennial Conference (1940 : University of Pennsylvania)
Date:
1941
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1941.

Physical description

123 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Notes

At head of title: University of Pennsylvania. Bicentennial conference.
Copy 1. Donor: Royal College of Physicians in Ireland.

Contents

Ancient Mesopotamia and the beginning of science / by E.A. Speiser. -- Some fundamental concepts in ancient astronomy / by O.E. Neugebauer. -- Medicine and surgery in ancient Egypt / by Hermann Ranke. -- Medieval medicine / by H.E. Sigerist. -- The rise of modern scientific medicine / by R.H. Shryock. -- Two centuries of surgery / by E.A. Graham. -- Logico-historical study of mechanism, vitalism, naturalism / by E.A. Singer. -- The mathematical way of thinking / by Hermann Weyl.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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