[Icon Science 01] • Eureka! by Gregory, Andrew -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements Dedication Preface to the 2017 edition The Creation of Science 1. The Early Greeks and their Predecessors

Science Must Begin with Myths Two Cultures Cosmos: an Elegant Universe Myths and Theories Natural Phenomena

2. The First Scientific Theories

The Fathers of Medicine Eleatics and Atomists: Achilles and the Tortoise The Pythagoreans: the Secret Magic of Numbers Come the Time of Proof Euclid Science and Technology Great Achievement Assured

3. Men of the World

Plato Teleology: the Best of all Possible Worlds Atomism: Let us Trace the Pattern No Slight or Trivial Influence Aristotle: The Master of Those who Know The Terrestrial Realm The Heavens Speculations Upon Matter Aristotle and Qualities Explanations Direction of Explanation: Clockwork Lives

4. Heavenly Thoughts

Eudoxus: Thinking Regressively Ptolemaic Astronomy The Four Seasons Revolutionary Thinking Modelling the Heavens

5. The Origins of the Cosmos and of Life: Consider your Origins 6. Medicine and the Life Sciences

Galen Ancient Thought on Blood Aristotle and Biology: Biology’s Beginnings Embryology and Species Taxonomy

7. Later Greek Science: After Aristotle

Epicurus and Epicureanism: on the Nature of Things Stoics: the Active and the Passive Archimedes Eratosthenes Hero and his Engine The Origins of Alchemy and Astrology The Decline of Greek Science? All Good Things Must Come to an End

The Creation of Science Appendices

Map of Ancient Greece

Glossary of Terms Timeline of Ancient Greek Philosopher-scientists Further Reading