The Physical World of the Greeks / / Samuel Sambursky.
Professor Sambursky presents a lucid and absorbing survey of the scientific ideas of the Greeks, showing how they constructed their world-view. He establishes what the Greeks thought and how much they knew, why they thought as they did, and why they did not learn more.Originally published in 1987.Th...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1987 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION TO THE SECOND EDITION
- I. THE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH
- II. NATURE AND NUMBER
- III. HEAVEN AND EARTH
- IV. THE COSMOS OF ARISTOTLE
- V. THE WORLD OF THE ATOM
- VI. THE WORLD OF THE CONTINUUM
- VII. THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF THINGS
- VIII. COSMOGONIES
- IX. THE BEGINNINGS OF ASTROPHYSICS
- X. LIMITS OF GREEK SCIENCE
- LIST OF SOURCES QUOTED
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX