Toc: Contents Introduction Part One - The Concept Atom Before the Origin of the Physical Atomic Theory Chapter 1 - The Philosophy of Greece 1 Introduction 2 The Importance of Grecian Philosophy 3 The First Grecian Philosophers 4 Democritus 5 The Theories of Anaxagoras and Empedocles 6 Plato 7 Aristotle 8 Grecian Philosophy After Aristotle Chapter 2 - The Middle Ages and the Renaissance 1 General Outline 2 Aristotle's Doctrine of Minima in his Commentators 3 Scaliger 4 Atomism 5 The Development of Practical Chemistry Chapter 3 - The Seventeenth Century 1 The Special Importance of this Century 2 Sennert 3 Basso and van Goorle 4 Gassendi 5 Descartes 6 Robert Boyle 7 The Mechanics of the Seventeenth Century 8 Review of the Seventeenth Century Part Two - The Concept of Atom in Physical Science Chapter 4 - The Origin of the Physical Atomic Theory 1 The Development Before Dalton 2 Dalton's Atomic Theory 3 First Development After Dalton 5 Organic Chemistry 6 The Kinetic Theory of Gases 7 The Electromagnetic Light Theory 8 The Electronic Theory 9 The Development of the Periodic Table 10 The Philosophic Background of the Atomic Theory Around 1900 Chapter 5 - The Atomic Theory in the Twentieth Century 1 The Atomic Model of Rutherford and Bohr 2 The Dualistic Character of Matter 3 Nuclear Physics 4 The Philosophic Background of the Contemporaneous Atomic Theory Chapter 6 - Science of Nature, Philosophy, and Philosophy of Nature 1 Introduction 2 The Right of Philosophy to Exist as a Science in its Own Right 3 The Importance of Ancient Philosophic Systems as Regards Natural Science and General Philosophy 4 The Right to Existence of Natural Philosophy 5 The Value of Greek Philosophy of Nature 6 The Philosophic Background of the Science of Nature 7 Recapitulation Chapter Seven - Epilogue Bibliography Index of Names Index of Subjects