Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-175) and index
Contents:
John Philoponus Hugh of St. Victor Robert Grosseteste Roger Bacon Dietrich von Frieberg Thomas Bradwardine Nicole Oresme Nicholas of Cusa Georgias Agricola Johannes Kepler Johannes Baptista van Helmont Francesco Maria Grimaldi Blaise Pascal Robert Boyle John Ray Isaac Barrow Antoine van Leeuwenhoek Niels Steno James Bradley Ewald Georg von Kleist Carolus Linnaeus Leonhard Euler John Dalton Thomas Young David Brewster William Buckland Adam Sedgwick Augustin-Jean Fresnel Augustin Louis Cauchy Michael Faraday John Frederick William Herschel Matthew Fontaine Maury Philip Henry Gosse Asa Gray James Dwight Dana George Boole James Prescott Joule John Couch Adams Geoge Gabriel Stokes Gregor Mendel William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann James Clerk Maxwell Edward William Morley Pierre-Maurice-Marie Duhem Georges Lemaitre George Washington Carver Arthur Stanley Eddington
