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PREFACE TO THE DOVER EDITION PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION 1 THE FORMATION OF SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS 2 THE CONCEPTION OF FORCE IN ANCIENT THOUGHT 3 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF FORCE IN GREEK SCIENCE 4 CONCEPTS OF FORCE IN PRECLASSICAL MECHANICS 5 THE SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTUALIZATION OF FORCE: KEPLER 6 "FORCE" AND THE RISE OF CLASSICAL MECHANICS" 7 THE NEWTONIAN CONCEPT OF FORCE 8 THE CONCEPT OF FORCE IN THEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF NEWTONIAN MECHANICS 9 "DYNAMISM: LEIBNIZ, BOSCOVICH, KANT, SPENCER" 10 MECHANISTIC THEORIES OF FORCE (GRAVITATION) 11 MODERN CRITICISM OF THE CONCEPT OF FORCE 12 THE CONCEPT OF FORCE IN CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE INDEX