The Forgotten Revolution

How Science Was Born in 300 BC and Why it Had to Be Reborn

Lucio Russo avec la contribution de Silvio Levy

487 pages, parution le 17/12/2003

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Résumé

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 born, and gave rise to sophisticated technology that would not be seen again until the 18th century. This scientific revolution was also accompanied by great changes and a new kind of awareness in many other fields, including art and medicine. What were the landmarks in the meteoric rise of science 2300 years ago? Why are they so little known today, even among scientists, classicists and historians? How do they relate to the post-1500 science that we are familiar with from school? What led to the end of ancient science? These are the questions that this book discusses, in the belief that the answers bear on choices we face today.

Written for:
General educated audience with an interest in history of science, mathematics, physics, engineering, astronomy, medicine and classical civilizations

Introduction
The Birth of Science
Hellenistic Mathematics
Other Hellenistic Scientific Theories
Scientific Technology
Medicine and Other Empirical Sciences
The Hellenistic Scientific Method
Some Other Aspects of the Scientific Revolution
The Decadence and End of Science
Science, Technology and Economy
Lost Science
The Age-Long Recovery

Appendix
List of Passages
References
General Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	Lucio Russo
Parution	17/12/2003
Nb. de pages	487
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	955g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9783540200680