"A permanent record of the proceedings of a particularly important Institute for the History of Science, held at the University of Wisconsin in 1957. Seventy-two distinguished historians of science took part in this stimulating and serious exchange of ideas covering many aspects of ancient, medieval, and modern scientific thought."-
The New Scholasticism "This publication indicates in a striking manner the catholicity of the history of science; professors of philosophy, the history of science, the philosophy of science, history, biology, and metallurgy readily conferred with one another."-The American Historical Review