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| Author(s): | L. Russo |
| Publisher: | Copernicus |
| ISBN: | 3540200681 |
| Format: | hardback |
| 487pp | |
| Price: | £69.00 |
| Review Date: | 11 March 2004 |
| Review: | Between the late 4th and late 2nd centuries BC there was an explosion of knowledge in Greek-speaking countries. Science, as we now understand it began to take form as an organised effort to model nature and apply such models, or scientific theories, to the solution of practical problems. Archimedes, Euclid and Erastosthenes were leading proponents. Soon after this period, much of this development had been reversed. Here Lucio Russo recounts the landmarks in the meteoric rise of science 2300 years ago and explains why they are so little known today. He explains what led to the end of ancient science and how we can learn from it. |