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The Forgotten Revolution. How Science Was Born in 300BC and Why it Had to be Reborn.
Russo, Lucio (University Of Rome, Italy)
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Hardback. 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 historians? How do they relate to the post-1500 science that we are familiar with from school? This book discusses these questions. Translator(s): Levy, Silvio. Num Pages: 487 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1010.
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 an 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, ... Read more
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 an 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, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
487
Condition
New
Number of Pages
487
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540200680
SKU
V9783540200680
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Reviews for The Forgotten Revolution. How Science Was Born in 300BC and Why it Had to be Reborn.
From the reviews: "Russo has achieved and exhibited an extensive survey of science in the Hellenistic world at the time after Aristotle … . The treat in store for the reader of this book is the vast learning that Lucio Russo has acquired, which he explains with lucidity. … it is useful for private study, for one’s own ... Read more