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SCIENCE AND THE MODERN WORLD
LOWELL LECTURES, 1925
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SCIENCE
AND THE MODERN WORLD
LOWELL LECTURES, 1925
BY
ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD
F.R.S., Sc.D. (Cambridge), Hon. D.Sc. (Manchester),
Hon. LL.D. (St. Andrews)
FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
AND PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1925
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BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
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Published October, 1925.
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책내용.

I. THE ORIGINS OF MODERN SCIENCE 1


II. MATHEMATICS AS AN ELEMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THOUGHT 28


III. THE CENTURY OF GENIUS 55


IV. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 80


V. THE ROMANTIC REACTION 105


VI. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 134


VII. RELATIVITY 160


VIII. THE QUANTUM THEORY 181


IX. SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY 193


X. ABSTRACTION 219


XI. GOD 242


XII. RELIGION AND SCIENCE 252


XIII. REQUISITES FOR SOCIAL PROGRESS 270

TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE ORIGINS OF MODERN SCIENCE 1


II. MATHEMATICS AS AN ELEMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THOUGHT 28


III. THE CENTURY OF GENIUS 55


IV. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 80


V. THE ROMANTIC REACTION 105


VI. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 134


VII. RELATIVITY 160


VIII. THE QUANTUM THEORY 181


IX. SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY 193


X. ABSTRACTION 219


XI. GOD 242


XII. RELIGION AND SCIENCE 252


XIII. REQUISITES FOR SOCIAL PROGRESS 270