Contents

• Introduction to the Modern Library Science Series / Stephen Jay Gould
• Science and Hypothesis. Pt. I. Number and Magnitude. Ch. I. On the Nature of Mathematical Reasoning. Ch. II. Mathematical Magnitude and Experiment. Pt. II. Space. Ch. III. Non-Euclidean Geometries. Ch. IV. Space and Geometry. Ch. V. Experiment and Geometry. Pt. III. Force. Ch. VI. The Classical Mechanics. Ch. VII. Relative and Absolute Motion. Ch. VIII. Energy and Thermo- Dynamics. Pt. IV. Nature. Ch. IX. Hypotheses in Physics. Ch. X. The Theories of Modern Physics. Ch. XI. The Calculus of Probabilities. Ch. XII. Optics and Electricity. Ch. XIII. Electro-Dynamics
• The Value of Science. Pt. I. The Mathematical Sciences. Ch. I. Intuition and Logic in Mathematics. Ch. II. The Measure of Time. Ch. III. The Notion of Space. Ch. IV. Space and Its Three Dimensions. Pt. II. The Physical Sciences. Ch. V. Analysis and Physics. Ch. VI. Astronomy. Ch. VII. The History of Mathematical Physics. Ch. VIII. The Present Crisis of Mathematical Physics. Ch. IX. The Future of Mathematical Physics. Pt. III. The Objective Value of Science. Ch. X. Is Science Artificial? Ch. XI. Science and Reality
• Science and Method. Pt. I. The Scientist and Science. Ch. I. The Selection of Facts. Ch. II. The Future of Mathematics. Ch. III. Mathematical Discovery. Ch. IV. Chance. Pt. II. Mathematical Reasoning. Ch. I. The Relativity of Space. Ch. II. Mathematical Definitions and Education. Ch. III. Mathematics and Logic. Ch. IV. The New Logics. Ch. V. The Last Efforts of the Logisticians. Pt. III. The New Mechanics. Ch. I. Mechanics and Radium. Ch. II. Mechanics and Optics. Ch. III. The New Mechanics and Astronomy. Pt. IV. Astronomical Science. Ch. I. The Milky Way and the Theory of Gases. Ch. II. French Geodesy