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The flame of Miletus : the birth of science in ancient Greece (and how it changed the world)
- Title
- The flame of Miletus : the birth of science in ancient Greece (and how it changed the world) / John Freely.
- Author
- Freely, John.
- Publication
- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2012.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 15-63 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- ix, 238 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- Miletus - one of the wealthiest and most important towns in ancient Greece - spawned the great traditions of Greek science and philosophy, setting in motion a chain of knowledge that would change the world forever. This book explains the extraordinary development of Greek science and its subsequent diffusion to the wider world
- Alternative Title
- Birth of science in ancient Greece (and how it changed the world)
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-235) and index.
- Contents
- Ionian enlightenment -- Harmony and Logos -- The one and the atom -- The school of Hellas -- The grove of Apollo -- Aristotle's successors -- The geometrization of nature -- Measuring heaven and earth -- Moving the world -- Mathematics, astronomy and geography -- Ingenious devices -- The art of healing -- Spheres within spheres -- Classical twilight -- From Byzantium and Islam to western Europe -- The Renaissance : Byzantium to Italy -- The scientific revolution : Greek science reborn -- Eureka! : Greek science rediscovered.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-63
- ISBN
- 9781780760513 (hbk.)
- 1780760515 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2012472537
- OCLC
- 761381232
- Author
- Freely, John.
- Title
- The flame of Miletus : the birth of science in ancient Greece (and how it changed the world) / John Freely.
- Imprint
- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2012.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-235) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-63