The Forgotten Revolution
How Science Was Born in 300 BC and Why it Had to Be Reborn
By Lucio Russo, Silvio Levy (Translator)
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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 Continue
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- English Books
- Paperback 487 Pages
- Edition: 1
- ISBN-10: 3540203966
- ISBN-13: 9783540203964
- Publisher: Springer
- Pub date: Mar 31, 2004
- Dimensions: 1484 mm x 1032 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover
- In other languages: other languages
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Paradigms
I think this book changed a paradigm in history of science.
I had the chance of reading the first version, and the first italian edition, but the english one adds more notes, more informations.
Is a book for scholars and a book for educated public alike, enjoyed by those who have either scientific ... (continue)
I think this book changed a paradigm in history of science.
I had the chance of reading the first version, and the first italian edition, but the english one adds more notes, more informations.
Is a book for scholars and a book for educated public alike, enjoyed by those who have either scientific or humanistic background.
I suggest the reading to any student teacher or artist alike that has in mind a preconceived idea about science, progress, history and the philologic method.
How ancient were "the ancient ones"?
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