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The flame of Miletus, the birth of science in ancient Greece (and how it changed the world), John Freely

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-235) and index

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The flame of Miletus

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John Freely

the birth of science in ancient Greece (and how it changed the world)

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, Source other than Library of Congress

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

Birth of science in ancient Greece (and how it changed the world)