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- English
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About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Preface to the 2017 edition
- The Creation of Science
- 1. The Early Greeks and their Predecessors
- 2. The First Scientific Theories
- 3. Men of the World
- 4. Heavenly Thoughts
- 5. The Origins of the Cosmos and of Life: Consider your Origins
- 6. Medicine and the Life Sciences
- 7. Later Greek Science: After Aristotle
- The Creation of Science
- Appendices
- Glossary of Terms
- Timeline of Ancient Greek Philosopher-scientists
- Further Reading