A noted mathematician and teacher traces the history of science from Aristotle to Einstein, illustrating philosophy's ongoing role in the scientific process, explaining technology's erosion of the rapport between the two fields, and offering suggestions for restoring their relationship. Suitable for undergraduate students and other readers. 36 figures. 1962 edition. Unabridged republication of the edition published by Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1962.
Physics and Philosophy by Sir James H. Jeans A noted scientist illuminates the intertwined paths of philosophy and science from Plato to the present, and examines the transition from Newtonian classical mechanics to modern relativistic physics.
Philosophy of Scientific Method by John Stuart Mill, Ernest Nagel Features extracts from Mills' A System of Logic and other major works to consider names and propositions; reasoning; induction; operations subsidiary to induction; the logic of the moral sciences; political economy.