Greek and Roman Science (World History Series)

by Don Nardo

World History Series

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Examines the efforts of Greeks and Romans to study and understand the underlying principles of nature and discusses their development of a more systematic approach to science.

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Serviceable, but way too teleological. The people, the locations, the theories, the schools, all that is good. But with every instance of an ancient Greek cosmological or physical hypothesis that has some superficial resemblance to what we moderns know and the originating philosopher gets an implied gold star for being "almost right".
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Don Nardo has written many books for young people. He specializes in history and loves writing about ancient civilizations.

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Nonfiction, Kids
DDC/MDS
509.38Natural sciences & mathematicsScienceHistory, geographic treatment, biographyAncient WorldAncient Greece
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Q126.4 .N37ScienceScience (General)General

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English, French
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