Eureka! (Icon Science)

The Birth of Science

Andrew Gregory (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2017
Icon Books (Verlag)
978-1-78578-191-9 (ISBN)

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An exploration of the eruption of scientific activity in the Ancient Greek world

Medicine, anatomy, astronomy, mathematics and cosmology, science began with the Greeks, and Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Archimedes and Hippocrates were amongst its stars. That man ever managed to develop a 'scientific' attitude to the natural world at all is one of the true wonders of human thought.

Eureka! shows how, free from intellectual and religious dogma, these early thinkers rejected myths and capricious gods and, in distinguishing between the natural and supernatural, effectively discovered nature.

Andrew Gregory, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at University College London, unravels the genesis of science in this fascinating exploration of the origins of Western civilisation, and our desire for a rational, legitimating system of the world.

Andrew Gregory is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at University College London. His specialisms are in ancient and early modern science, ancient philosophy, and the relation of magic and science. He is also the author of Harvey's Heart: The Discovery of Blood Circulation (Icon, 2001) and Plato's Philosophy of Science (Bloomsbury, 2001).

Erscheinungsdatum	24.01.2017
Reihe/Serie	Icon Science
Verlagsort	Duxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	182 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie Altertum / Antike
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-78578-191-X / 178578191X
ISBN-13	978-1-78578-191-9 / 9781785781919
Zustand	Neuware