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The History of Scientific Thought

1924; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 114; Issue: 2863 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/114397a0

1476-4687

W. C. D. Whetham,

Philosophy and History of Science

THE earliest form of history is a chronicle of priests and kings with their attendant worshippers and warriors. The misty dream of god-descended heroes passes into the clear vision of the ordered march of Roman legions; the picturesque pageant of medieval bishops and barons vanishes in the smoke of Bosworth field; and the sound of Drake's guns, drumming the Spaniards up the Channel, melts into the strains of a Te Deum, sung in Notre Dame for another victory over Marlborough.