Greek Science of the Hellenistic Era: A SourcebookPsychology Press, 2002 - 392 Seiten We all want to understand the world around us, and the ancient Greeks were the first to try and do so in a way we can properly call scientific. Their thought and writings laid the essential foundations for the revivals of science in medieval Baghdad and renaissance Europe. Now their work is accessible to all, with this invaluable introduction to c.100 scientific authors active from 320 BCE to 230 CE. |
Inhalt
Introduction | 1 |
Mathematics | 18 |
Astronomy | 47 |
4 On the method used to record the positions of | 75 |
Astrology | 82 |
Astrology | 83 |
signs from comets | 89 |
Geography | 113 |
Hydrostatics and Pneumatics | 204 |
Alchemy | 226 |
kadmeia 5 76 12 burnt copper | 242 |
Botany and Zoology | 255 |
Medicine | 290 |
inflamed wounds Book 1 heart as pump | 301 |
corpuscles 2 fevers 3 assimilation of food 4 bladder | 307 |
Psychology | 331 |
Mechanics | 150 |
Optics | 180 |
convex | 186 |
rising times of | 194 |
color 2 2831 binocular vision 2 107 | 200 |
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