The Physical World of the Greeks /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sambursky, Samuel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Edición:Course Book
Colección:Princeton Legacy Library ; 826
Temas:
Science > Greece.
SCIENCE / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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

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