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The Forgotten Revolution: How Science Was Born in 300 BC and Why It Had to Be Reborn

Door Lucio Russo

Categorie	Algemeen wetenschap
Boeknummer	#353765-ZC15
Titel	The Forgotten Revolution: How Science Was Born in 300 BC and Why It Had to Be Reborn
Auteur	Russo, Lucio
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Berlin/Heidelberg/New York : Springer
Jaar van uitgave	2004
ISBN10	3540203966
ISBN13	9783540203964
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, some illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	In the age of Archimedes and Euclid, science as we know it was born, and gave rise to sophisticated technology that would not be seen again until 18th century. What were the landmarks in the meteoric rise of science 2300 years ago? Why are they so little known even among scientists, classicists and historians? This title discusses these questions. The period from the late fourth to the late second century B. C. witnessed, in Greek-speaking countries, an explosion of objective knowledge about the external world. WhileGreek culture had reached great heights in art, literature and philosophyalreadyin the earlier classical era, it is in the so-called Hellenistic period that we see for the ? rst time — anywhere in the world — the appearance of science as we understand it now: not a... (Lees verder)n accumulation of facts or philosophically based speculations, but an or- nized effort to model nature and apply such models, or scienti? ctheories in a sense we will make precise, to the solution of practical problems and to a growing understanding of nature. We owe this new approach to scientists such as Archimedes, Euclid, Eratosthenes and many others less familiar todaybut no less remarkable. Yet, not long after this golden period, much of this extraordinary dev- opment had been reversed. Rome borrowed what it was capable of from the Greeks and kept it for a little while yet, but created very little science of its own. Europe was soon smothered in theobscurantism and stasis that blocked most avenues of intellectual development for a thousand years — until, as is well known, the rediscovery of ancient culture in its fullness paved the way to the modern age.
Pagina's	487
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 50,00

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