Worldviews: An Introduction to the History and Philosophy of Science is an ideal text for those coming to the history and philosophy of science for the first time.

• Covers the key historical developments and philosophical themes and topics that have impacted upon our scientific view of the world around us
• Introduces fundamental conceptual issues, including truth, empirical facts and philosophical/conceptual "facts", falsifiability, and instrumentalism /realism
• Analyzes the transition from the Aristotelian worldview to the Newtonian worldview
• Explores challenges to our own western worldview brought on by developments in twentieth-century science, most notably relativity theory and quantum theory