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Since long before the time of recorded history, man has attempted to explain his physical environment. All theories and guesses, no matter how primitive, properly belong to the history of science. Generally, however, only those explanations, which can be organized into a coherent, self-consistent supposition and which endure the tests of observational and experimental trial, are admitted as elements in the history of science. In this set of three volumes, thirteen essays-three in Volume 3-are presented in digest form revealing a rich heritage of scientific thought.Volume 1Euclid: The ElementsArchimedes: On Floating Bodies, and Other PropositionsCopernicus: On the Revolutions of the Heavenly SpheresNewton: PrincipiaEinstein: Relativity: The Special and General TheoryVolume 2Galileo: Dialogues Concerning Two New SciencesDalton: The Atomic TheoryFaraday: Experimental Researches in ElectricityMendeleyev: The Periodic LawCurie: RadioactivityVolume 3Lyell: Principles of GeologyDarwin: The Origin of SpeciesMendel: Experiments in Plant-HybridizationISBN:9780070408159
