Preface

Part A. The Origins of Scientific Cosmology

Chapter 1. The Astronomy of Ancient Greece

Chapter 2. Copernicus' Heliocentric Theory

Chapter 3. On the Nature of Scientific Theory

Chapter 4. Kepler's Laws

Chapter 5. Galileo and the New Astronomy

Part B. The Study of Motion

Chapter 6. Mathematics and the Description of Motion

Chapter 7. Galileo and the Kinematics of Free Fall

Chapter 8. Projectile Motion

Part C. Newton's Laws and His System of the World

Chapter 9. Newton's Laws of Motion

Chapter 10. Rotational Motion

Chapter 11. Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation

Part D. Structure and Method in Physical Science

Chapter 12. On the Nature of Concepts

Chapter 13. On the Duality and Growth of Science

Chapter 14. On the Discovery of Laws

Part E. The Laws of Conservation

Chapter 15. The Law of Conservation of Mass

Chapter 16. The Law of Conservation of Momentum

Chapter 17. The Law of Conservation of Energy

Chapter 18. The Law of Dissipation of Energy

Part F. Origins of the Atomic Theory in Physics and Chemistry

Chapter 19. The Physics of Gases

Chapter 20. The Atomic Theory of Chemistry

Chapter 21. The Periodic Table of Elements

Chapter 22. The Kinetic-Molecular Theory of Gases

Part G. Light and Electromagnetism

Chapter 23. The Wave Theory of Light

Chapter 24. Electrostatics

Chapter 25. Electromagnetism, X-Rays, and Electrons

Chapter 26. The Quantum Theory of Light

Part H. The Atom and the Universe in Modern Physics

Chapter 27. Radioactivity and the Nuclear Atom

Chapter 28. Bohr's Model of the Atom

Chapter 29. Quantum Mechanics

Chapter 30. Einstein's Theory of Relativity

Chapter 31. The Origin of the Solar System and the Expanding Universe

Chapter 32. Construction of the Elements and the Universe

Chapter 33. Thematic Elements and Style in Science

Appendixes

General Bibliography

Credits

Index