The forgotten revolution : how science was born in 300 BC and why it had to be reborn / Lucio Russo ; with the collaboration of the translator, Silvio Levy.
Pubblicazione:
Berlin : Springer, c2004.
Descrizione fisica:
487 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Note:
Tit. orig.: La rivoluzione dimenticata
Contiene:
Indice: Introduction. 1. The birth of science 2. Hellenistic mathematics 3. Other Hellenistic scientific theories 4. Scientific technology 5. Medicine and other empirical sciences 6. The Hellenistic scientific method 7. Some other aspect of the scientific revolution 8. The decadence and end of science 9. Science, technology and economy 10. Lost science 11. The age-long recovery. Appendix. List of passages. References. General index