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Greek Science After Aristotle 1 review
G. E. R. Lloyd
W. W. Norton & Company, 1975
Greek Science the second time around.
I'd read this book some years ago, but found it difficult going at the time. I decided to re-read it recently, as it was on the wish list of a friend which reminded me I still had the volume. This time around I found it much more interesting and more understandable. There definitely seems to ...
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Greek Astronomy 1 review
Sir Thomas L. Heath
Dover Publications, 1991
A doxography
I had to look up "Doxography" in the Oxford English Dictionary - it is a collection of philosophical opinions. The book "Greek Astronomy" is a Dover reprint of a book written in 1932. It consists of a long (57 pages) introduction followed by a great many quotes (rendered into English) from ...
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Physics (Oxford World's Classics)2 reviews
Aristotle
Oxford University Press, USA, 1999
Readable Aristotle is not an oxymoron.
+ What is The Meaning Of Being?
I found this translation easier to read than other translations of Aristotle. It is much easier to unpack and follow, only the content needs to be wrestled with, which is a project in and of itself. It includes the Becker numbers, which makes it easier to have a discussion with a group.
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Science in Ancient Greece (Look What Came from) 2 reviews
Kathlyn Gay
Franklin Watts, 1999
Great for understanding relationship between subjects
+ I find it helpful in our homeschooling
I used this to teach ancient history to 6th graders. This book helped my students understand how science developed throughout history, as well as how subjects are related. It is far better that children understand sooner, rather than later, that all subjects are related, i.e., mathematics, ...
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The Works of Archimedes 3 reviews
Archimedes
Dover Publications, 2002
Brilliant (but mostly not so _newly_ known)
+ maybe more than one point of view is possible
Again I feel I must post a review to counter misleading
information in an earlier review. The author of the
previous review seems to think these works were _not_
available to scholars during the Renaisance. In fact,
the famous "Archimedes Palimpsest" that resurfaced in
the 1990s is only a ...
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A History of Astronomy from Thales to Kepler1 review
J. L. E. Dreyer
Dover Publications, 1953
Essential classic in its subject
In 1905 JLE Dreyer, an astronomer and biographer of Tycho Brahe, published this wonderful overview of the development of western astronomy from the ancient Greeks to the time of Kepler (obviously). To this day (2008) it has not been surpassed by any English-language book. As the original title ...
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Pythagoras: The Mathemagician6 reviews
Karim El-koussa
Cloonfad Pr, 2005
A treasure to be shared
+ Pythagoras the Mathemagician
+ Karim! lord of the underverse!
+ WATCH OUT...
+ a delightful story
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Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans: A Brief History2 reviews
Charles H. Kahn
Hackett Publishing Company, 2001
The best contemproary orthodox classicist work on Pythagoras
+ Fascinating Book
+ The best short scholarly account of Pythagoreanism
Kahn, a scholar's scholar, is a recognized authority on early Greek thought. Anyone studying the Presocratics must read his work. Because there are no extent texts, speculation on Pythagoras rests on ancient commentary and modern conjecture. Contemporary philosophy professors have attempted to ...
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A History of Greek Mathematics, Vol. 12 reviews
Sir Thomas Heath
Dover Publications, 1981
Academically great
+ more than just history
This is not a terribly exciting book to read, but it is a superior reference for looking up Greek mathematicians. It is apparent that the author is partial to Euclid, as his section is close to a third of the book, (see the author's version of the Elements)but being a Euclid fan myself I can ...
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Early Greek Science: Thales to Aristotle 1 review
G. E. R. Lloyd
W. W. Norton & Company, 1974
Great and important stuff!
I really enjoyed this book. The Greeks undoubtedly had a very interesting culture, and an analysis of their early scientists is an important an interesting read. Mr Lloyd has compiled a good introductory overview, outlining the major players, the development of various ideas, and some suggestions ...
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The Story Of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way14 reviews
Joy Hakim
Smithsonian Books, 2004
Great in so many ways...
+ Hope grandchildren like it as much as I did
+ An excellent book, and even better read!
I will organize my review into 4 parts: 1. What I was looking for, 2. The ideal audience for this book (just my opinion), 3. Strengths and weaknesses of this book, 4. Who could benefit by owning this book.
1. People of a certain age may remember the Time-Life series of science books. I ...
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Greek Science in Antiquity2 reviews
Marshall Clagett
Dover Publications, 2002
the foundation of the modern world
+ Reprints a 1955 classic study
Marshall Clagett in this book presents a short though detailed (despite its brevity) summary of the scientific achievements of the Greeks. Clagett surmises the mathematical, mechanical, and medical knowledge that was developed in Classical Greece, and which was continued through the Roman and ...
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Greek Science of the Hellenistic Era: A Sourcebook
Geo Irby-Massie
Routledge, 2001
We all want to understand the world around us, and the standard for scientific enquiry of the world was set my the ancient Greeks. Their thought and writings laid the essential foundations for the revivals of science in medieval Baghdad and renaissance Europe. Now this book makes the work of over 100 of these fathers of modern science available to all. The book begins by describing the ...
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History of Animals
Aristotle
Adamant Media Corporation, 2005
This Elibron Classics edition is a facsimile reprint of a 1862 edition by Henry G. Bohn, London.
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A History of Greek Mathematics: Volume 2. From Aristarchus to Diophantus
Thomas Little Heath
Adamant Media Corporation, 2000
This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1921 edition by the Clarendon Press, Oxford.
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Star Myths of the Greeks and Romans: A Sourcebook Containing "The Constellations" of Pseudo-Eratosthenes and ...3 reviews
Phanes Press, 1997
An excellent translation, with one big flaw
+ More scholarly than entertaining.
+ recommendable book
This book serves very well as a translation and commentary for the Catasterismi of Pseudo-Eratosthenes and the Poeticon Astronomicon of Hyginus. I would recommend this book to the scholar and archeoastronomer.
However, reading from the text, it is clear that this book is primarily a labor of ...
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Aristarchus of Samos: The Ancient Copernicus (Dover Books on Astronomy)2 reviews
Sir Thomas Heath
Dover Publications, 2004
best history of Greek astronomy
+ The title doesn't do it justice
This old (early twentieth century) book is not just about Aristarchus, the "Greek Copernicus" -- that comes in the final chapters. Rather, it is the best survey I know of ancient Greek astronomy, starting from the very beginning. I kept coming across references to this book by Sir Thomas Heath in ...
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Greek Science: Its Meaning to Us
Benjamin Farrington
Spokesman Books, 2000
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Greek Science (New Surveys in the Classics)
T. E. Rihll
Oxford University Press, 2006
Greek Science is written for scientists, classicists, historians of science, and anyone with an interest in the beginnings of science. It surveys the range and scope of ancient work on topics now called science, at a lively pace and with colourful examples. It encompasses ancient empirical studies as well as theoretical works, the life sciences and the exact sciences, and is written by one of the ...
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The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements, Books 1 and 220 reviews
Thomas L. Heath, Euclid
Dover Publications, 1956
Reviewing editor Heath, not Euclid
+ Euclid's book
+ One of the Classics!
+ Euclid is Liberal
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