Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C.
Title | Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C. PDF eBook |
Author | George Sarton |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | 593 |
Release | 1993-01-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0486277402 |
Noted scholar's brilliant recapitulation of an especially fertile period for Greek astronomy, physics, mathematics, other sciences. Also illuminating discussions of art, religion, literature, more. "A wonderful book." ? Scientific American.
A History of Science: Hellenistic science and culture in the last three centuries B.C
Title | A History of Science: Hellenistic science and culture in the last three centuries B.C PDF eBook |
Author | George Sarton |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 588 |
Release | 1952 |
Genre | Civilization, Ancient |
ISBN |
Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C.
Title | Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C. PDF eBook |
Author | George Alfred Leon Sarton |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 5 |
Release | 1952 |
Genre | Science, Ancient |
ISBN |
A History of Science
Title | A History of Science PDF eBook |
Author | George Sarton |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 680 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | Civilization, Ancient |
ISBN |
History, Culture, and Religion of the Hellenistic Age
Title | History, Culture, and Religion of the Hellenistic Age PDF eBook |
Author | Helmut Koester |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | 444 |
Release | 2012-10-25 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 3110814064 |
While the first American edition of this book, published more than a decade ago, was a revised translation of the German book, Einführung in das Neue Testament, this second edition of the first volume of the Introduction to the New Testament is no longer dependent upon a previously published German work. The author hopes that for the student of the New Testament it is a useful introduction into the many complex aspects of the political, cultural, and religious developments that characterized the world in which early Christianity arose and by which the New Testament and other early Christian writings were shaped.
The Forgotten Revolution
Title | The Forgotten Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Lucio Russo |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | 487 |
Release | 2013-12-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3642189040 |
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, 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.
Companion to the History of Modern Science
Title | Companion to the History of Modern Science PDF eBook |
Author | G N Cantor |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 754 |
Release | 2020-10-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1000158853 |
The 67 chapters of this book describe and analyse the development of Western science from 1500 to the present day. Divided into two major sections - 'The Study of the History of Science' and 'Selected Writings in the History of Science' - the volume describes the methods and problems of research in the field and then applies these techniques to a wide range of fields. Areas covered include: * the Copernican Revolution * Genetics * Science and Imperialism * the History of Anthropology * Science and Religion * Magic and Science. The companion is an indispensable resource for students and professionals in History, Philosophy, Sociology and the Sciences as well as the History of Science. It will also appeal to the general reader interested in an introduction to the subject.