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

Name: Forgotten Revolution How Science Was Born in 300 BC and Why It Had to Be Reborn
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ISBN: 9783540203964

ISBN-10: 3540203966

ISBN-13: 9783540203964

Edition: 2004

Authors: Lucio Russo, Silvio Levy

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The third and second centuries BC witnessed, in the Greek world, a scientific and technological explosion. Greek culture had reached great heights in art, literature and philosophy already in the earlier classical era, but it was in the age of Archimedes and Euclid that science as we know it was born, and gave rise to sophisticated technology that would not be seen again until the 18th century. This scientific revolution was also accompanied by great changes and a new kind of awareness in many other fields, including art and medicine. What were the landmarks in the meteoric rise of science 2300 years ago? Why are they so little known today, even among scientists, classicists and…

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List price: $159.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
Publication date: 2/19/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 487
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.870



Introduction



The Birth of Science


The Erasure of the Scientific Revolution


On the Word ""Hellenistic""


Science


Was There Science in Classical Greece? Origins of Hellenistic Science



Hellenistic Mathematics


Precursors of Mathematical Science.Euclid's Hypothetico-Deductive Method


Geometry and Computational Aids


Discrete Mathematics and the Notion of Infinity


Continuous Mathematics


Euclid and His Predecessors


An Application of the ""Method of Exhaustion""


Trigonometry and Spherical Geometry