2003, ISBN: 3540200681

[EAN: 9783540200680], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Springer Berlin Heidelberg], ANTIKE (GRIECHISCH-RÖMISCH) / GESCHICHTE, KULTURGESCHICHTE; MATHEMATIK GESCHICHTE; GREEKMATHEMATICS; GREEKSCIEN… Mehr…

[EAN: 9783540200680], Neubuch, [SC: 0.0], [PU: Springer Berlin Heidelberg], ANTIKE (GRIECHISCH-RÖMISCH) / GESCHICHTE, KULTURGESCHICHTE; MATHEMATIK GESCHICHTE; GREEKMATHEMATICS; GREEKSCIENCE; HELLENISTICSCIENCE; MSC(2000):01A20; PHILOSOPHYOFSCIENCE; SCIENTIFICRENAISSANCE; HELIOCENTRISM; HISTORYOFMATHEMATICS; ASTRONOMY; EUCLID, Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The period from the late fourth to the late second century B. C. witnessed, in Greek-speaking countries, an explosion of objective knowledge about the external world. WhileGreek culture had reached great heights in art, literature and philosophyalreadyin the earlier classical era, it is in the so-called Hellenistic period that we see for the rst time - anywhere in the world - the appearance of science as we understand it now: not an accumulation of facts or philosophically based speculations, but an or- nized effort to model nature and apply such models, or scienti ctheories in a sense we will make precise, to the solution of practical problems and to a growing understanding of nature. We owe this new approach to scientists such as Archimedes, Euclid, Eratosthenes and many others less familiar todaybut no less remarkable. Yet, not long after this golden period, much of this extraordinary dev- opment had been reversed. Rome borrowed what it was capable of from the Greeks and kept it for a little while yet, but created very little science of its own. Europe was soon smothered in theobscurantism and stasis that blocked most avenues of intellectual development for a thousand years - until, as is well known, the rediscovery of ancient culture in its fullness paved the way to the modern age., Books<

ISBN: 9783540200680

The period from the late fourth to the late second century B. C. witnessed, in Greek-speaking countries, an explosion of objective knowledge about the external world. WhileGreek culture h… Mehr…

The period from the late fourth to the late second century B. C. witnessed, in Greek-speaking countries, an explosion of objective knowledge about the external world. WhileGreek culture had reached great heights in art, literature and philosophyalreadyin the earlier classical era, it is in the so-called Hellenistic period that we see for the first time — anywhere in the world — the appearance of science as we understand it now: not an accumulation of facts or philosophically based speculations, but an or- nized effort to model nature and apply such models, or scientifictheories in a sense we will make precise, to the solution of practical problems and to a growing understanding of nature. We owe this new approach to scientists such as Archimedes, Euclid, Eratosthenes and many others less familiar todaybut no less remarkable. Yet, not long after this golden period, much of this extraordinary dev- opment had been reversed. Rome borrowed what it was capable of from the Greeks and kept it for a little while yet, but created very little science of its own. Europe was soon smothered in theobscurantism and stasis that blocked most avenues of intellectual development for a thousand years — until, as is well known, the rediscovery of ancient culture in its fullness paved the way to the modern age. New Textbooks>Hardcover>Science>Hist & Phil of Science>Hist,Phil of Science, Springer Berlin Heidelberg Core >2 >T<

ISBN: 9783540200680

The period from the late fourth to the late second century B. C. witnessed, in Greek-speaking countries, an explosion of objective knowledge about the external world. WhileGreek culture h… Mehr…

The period from the late fourth to the late second century B. C. witnessed, in Greek-speaking countries, an explosion of objective knowledge about the external world. WhileGreek culture had reached great heights in art, literature and philosophyalreadyin the earlier classical era, it is in the so-called Hellenistic period that we see for the ?rst time — anywhere in the world — the appearance of science as we understand it now: not an accumulation of facts or philosophically based speculations, but an or- nized effort to model nature and apply such models, or scienti?ctheories in a sense we will make precise, to the solution of practical problems and to a growing understanding of nature. We owe this new approach to scientists such as Archimedes, Euclid, Eratosthenes and many others less familiar todaybut no less remarkable. Yet, not long after this golden period, much of this extraordinary dev- opment had been reversed. Rome borrowed what it was capable of from the Greeks and kept it for a little while yet, but created very little science of its own. Europe was soon smothered in theobscurantism and stasis that blocked most avenues of intellectual development for a thousand years — until, as is well known, the rediscovery of ancient culture in its fullness paved the way to the modern age., Springer<

2003, ISBN: 3540200681

2004 Gebundene Ausgabe Antike (griechisch-römisch) / Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Mathematik / Geschichte, Interdisziplinäre Studien, Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Biowissenschaf… Mehr…

2004 Gebundene Ausgabe Antike (griechisch-römisch) / Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Mathematik / Geschichte, Interdisziplinäre Studien, Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Biowissenschaften, allgemein, Ingenieurswesen, Maschinenbau allgemein, Greek science; Hellenistic Science; MSC (2000): 01A20; Philosophy of Science; Scientific renaissance; Heliocentrism; History of mathematics; astronomy; Euclid; Greek mathematics, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Springer Berlin]<

2003, ISBN: 9783540200680

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[ED: Gebunden], [PU: Springer Berlin Heidelberg], Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. The period from the late fourth to the late second century B. C. witnessed, in Greek-speaking countries, an explosion of objective knowledge about the external, DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, Hardcover, 487, [GW: 1015g], 2004, Banküberweisung, PayPal<