Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece

Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece"There are few scholars or scientists today who write as beautifully or as interestingly as [Sarton] . . . [his] book is magnificent." Ashley Montagu, Saturday Review Although science did not begin in ancient Greece (millennia of work in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and other regions preceded Greek efforts) it is nevertheless true that methodic, rational investigation of the natural universe originated largely with early Hellenic thinkers. Thus, the major part

his first great work

grouping movements by fundamental types

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Major Barbara offers a sparkling example of its author's unique gift for presenting social theories in an engaging format

His range of subject matter is very wide

and any lover of nautical adventure

draws heavily from his own work on thermoelectrical phenomena as they are observed in the study of metals

and physical pictures that are also useful in the application of quantum mechanics to other fields

Extending beyond the boundaries of Hilbert and Banach space theory

invariant subspaces

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After a brief historical introduction