A Shorter History of Science Author:William Cecil Dampier Sir William Dampier's "A shorter History of Science" is not intended to replace, but rather to render accessible, the findings contained in his large "History of Science. With clear, non-technical, and authoritative command Dampier traces the history of scientific ideas from their origins in Egypt and Babylonia through the middle ages, the Renai... more »ssance, the systems of Galileo and Newton, the Physics, Chemistry, and Biology of the 19th century and closes with a penetrating summary of the new physics, relativity, and the astrophysical theories of contemporary science.« less