A Source Book in Greek Science

Covering the general fields of mathematics, astronomy, mathematical geography, physics, chemistry and chemical technology, geology and meteorology, biology, medicine, and physiological psychology, the present collection surveys the field of Greek scientific achievement over a thousand-year period. Many Greek scientific treatises were written and read by cultivated people who did not regard themselves as specialists. These works should appeal today to those readers who wish to understand not only the foundations of modern science, but also a vital element of the humanistic tradition.

List of contents

GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PART I: MATHEMATICS 1. Introductory Note 2. The Divisions of Mathematics Pure and Applied 3. Arithmetic or the Theory of Numbers a. Proportions b. Figured Numbers

Summary

Covering the general fields of mathematics, astronomy, mathematical geography, physics, chemistry and chemical technology, geology and meteorology, biology, medicine, and physiological psychology, the present collection surveys the field of Greek scientific achievement over a thousand-year period.

Product details

• Authors: Morris R. Cohen, Cohen Morris R., I. E. Drabkin, I.E. Drabkin, Israel E. Drabkin
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1948
• EAN: 9780674823204
• ISBN: 978-0-674-82320-4
• Weight: 1043 g
• Illustrations: 1 halftone, 3 maps, 143 illustrations, 14 tables
• Series: Source Books in the History of the Sciences; Source Books in the History of; Source Books in the History of the Sciences
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); History, SCIENCE / History, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Greece, History of Science, Ancient History