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ISBN-13 :  9780191056826

Author :  Liba Taub 

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Ancient Greece is often considered to be the birthplace of science and medicine, and the explanation of natural phenomena without recourse to supernatural causes. The early natural philosophers – lovers of wisdom concerning nature – sought to explain the order and composition of the world, and how we come to know it. They were particularly interested in what exists and how it is ordered: ontology and cosmology. They were also concerned with how we come to know (epistemology) and how best to live (ethics). At the same time, the scientific thinkers of early Greece and Rome were also influenced by ideas from other parts of the world, and incorporated aspects of Egyptian, Babylonian, and Indian science and mathematics in their studies. In this Very Short Introduction Liba Taub gives an overview of the major developments in early science between the 8th century BCE and 6th century CE. Focussing on Greece and Rome, Taub challenges a number of modern misconceptions about science in the classical world, which has often been viewed with a modern lens and by modern scientists, such as the misconception that little empirical work was conducted, or that the Romans did not ‘do’ science, unlike the Greeks. Beginning with the scientific notions of Thales, Pythagoras, Parmenides and other Presocratics, she moves on to Plato and Aristotle, before considering Hellenistic science, the influence of the Stoics and Epicurean ideas, and the works of Pliny the Elder, Eratosthenes, and Ptolemy. In her sweeping discussion, Taub explores the richness and creativity of ideas concerning the natural world, and the influence these ideas have had on later centuries. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Ancient Greek and Roman Science: A Very Short Introduction 1st Table of contents:

Chapter 1. Understanding the world
Chapter 2. Expert poets
Star-gazing
Stormy weather
Out from Chaos: the cosmos
Chapter 3. Inventing nature
Thales of Miletus
Anaximander of Miletus
Anaximenes of Miletus
Parmenides of Elea
Heraclitus of Ephesus
Empedocles of Acragas
Anaxagoras of Clazomenae
Leucippus and Democritus
Chapter 4. Those clever Greeks
Aristophanes
Herodotus
Socrates
Chapter 5. Let no one unskilled in geometry enter
The so-called Pythagoreans
Plato and the fundamental importance of mathematics
The mythic and the scientific, together
Archytas of Tarentum
Eudoxus of Cnidos
Chapter 6. A theory of everything
Knowledge and explanation
Physics
Living things
Theophrastus
Opinions count
Questions and answers
Chapter 7. Old school ties
Epicurus and the Garden
The Stoa
Cosmological questions
Chapter 8. Roman nature
Seneca the Younger
Pliny the Elder
Written in the stars
Displays of nature
Chapter 9. River deep, mountain high
Mountains
Bodies of water
The Earth and the cosmos
Big numbers
Chapter 10. Is there scientific progress?
Ptolemy’s mathematics
Astrological prediction
Aiming for success
Galen’s calculations
Chapter 11. Going by the book—or not
John Philoponus
Chapter 12. Beyond antiquity
Modern, and ancient, science
Note on dates and spelling

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