Science

About this Collection

The right to inquire freely about questions of science is an important part of a free society. The discoveries that arise from this kind of open inquiry often help to build the free society even as they arise from it.

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Key People

Arthur John Arberry

Arthur John Arberry

Archimedes

Archimedes

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

Euclid

Euclid

Antonio Favaro

Antonio Favaro

Galen

Galen

Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei

Hippocrates

Hippocrates

Jane Haldimand Marcet

Jane Haldimand Marcet

Sir Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton

Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal

F.H. Stevens

F.H. Stevens

Andrew Tooke

Andrew Tooke

Titles & Essays

A – Z List

Astronomy

Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources (General)

Christianity

Collections

English Literature

Ethics

Geography And Anthropology

Greek And Latin Literature

History Of Scholarship And Learning. The Humanities

History Of The Americas

Language And Literature

Mathematics

Medicine

Natural History Biology

Philosophy, Psychology, And Religion

Physics

Psychology

Science

Social Sciences

Quotes

Science

Adam Smith on the “Wonder, Surprise, and Admiration” one feels when contemplating the physical World (1795)

Adam Smith
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Science

Charles Darwin on life as a spontaneous order which emerged by the operation of natural laws (1859)

Charles Darwin
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Notes About This Collection

See also the extracts, chapters, and introductions in the Science section of the Ideas page.