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Ancient science through the golden age of Greece / George Sarton.

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Sarton, George, 1884-1956 [author]

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TextPublication details: New York : Dover Publications, 1993.Description: xxvi, 646 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmContent type:

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0486274950
9780486274959

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509.3

Summary: "Although science did not begin in ancient Greece (millennia of work in Egypt, Mesopotamia and other regions preceded Greek efforts) it is nevertheless true that methodic, rational investigation of the natural universe originated largely with early Hellenic thinkers. Thus, the major part of this book is a of necessity devoted to Greece. Drawing wherever possible on original sources, Dr. Sarton, one of the world's foremost historians of science, paints a vivid and illuminating picture of mathematics, astronomy, physics, biology, medicine and other sciences as they emerged from the mists of prehistory and ultimately flourished within the context of Greek society. The book is divided into three parts. Part One begins with the earliest evidence of prehistoric mathematics, astronomy and other science. Dr. Sarton then describes the achievements of Egypt and Mesopotamia, the dawn of Greek culture and the remarkable flowering of Ionian science in the sixth century B.C. Thales of Miletos, Anaximandros, Anaximenes and Xenophanes are among the important figures discussed. An entire chapter focuses on the influential doctrines of Pythagoras. Part Two opens with the glory of Athens in the fifth century B.C. and its magnificent achievements in poetry and the arts, philosophy and science. Described in lucid detail are the ground-breaking contributions of Heracleitos, Anaxagoras, Protagoras, Zenon of Elea, Parmenides, Democritos and many others. Also included in this section are perceptive discussions of geographers and historians of the fifth century (Herodotos, Thucydides and others) and Greek medicine of the fifth century (chiefly Hippocratic). Part III focuses on the extraordinary Greek thinkers of the fourth century B.C.: Plato and the Academy, Aristotle, Xenophon and many others, including such important schools of thought as the cynics, stoics, skeptics and epicureans. Major attention is given to mathematics, astronomy and physics, natural sciences and medicine, Aristotelian humanities and historiography and other topics."-- Publisher's description.

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Originally published: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1952.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 615) and index.

"Although science did not begin in ancient Greece (millennia of work in Egypt, Mesopotamia and other regions preceded Greek efforts) it is nevertheless true that methodic, rational investigation of the natural universe originated largely with early Hellenic thinkers. Thus, the major part of this book is a of necessity devoted to Greece. Drawing wherever possible on original sources, Dr. Sarton, one of the world's foremost historians of science, paints a vivid and illuminating picture of mathematics, astronomy, physics, biology, medicine and other sciences as they emerged from the mists of prehistory and ultimately flourished within the context of Greek society.
The book is divided into three parts. Part One begins with the earliest evidence of prehistoric mathematics, astronomy and other science. Dr. Sarton then describes the achievements of Egypt and Mesopotamia, the dawn of Greek culture and the remarkable flowering of Ionian science in the sixth century B.C. Thales of Miletos, Anaximandros, Anaximenes and Xenophanes are among the important figures discussed. An entire chapter focuses on the influential doctrines of Pythagoras.
Part Two opens with the glory of Athens in the fifth century B.C. and its magnificent achievements in poetry and the arts, philosophy and science. Described in lucid detail are the ground-breaking contributions of Heracleitos, Anaxagoras, Protagoras, Zenon of Elea, Parmenides, Democritos and many others. Also included in this section are perceptive discussions of geographers and historians of the fifth century (Herodotos, Thucydides and others) and Greek medicine of the fifth century (chiefly Hippocratic).
Part III focuses on the extraordinary Greek thinkers of the fourth century B.C.: Plato and the Academy, Aristotle, Xenophon and many others, including such important schools of thought as the cynics, stoics, skeptics and epicureans. Major attention is given to mathematics, astronomy and physics, natural sciences and medicine, Aristotelian humanities and historiography and other topics."-- Publisher's description.