Greek Science of the Hellenistic Era: A Sourcebook - Georgia L. Irby-Massie, Paul T. Keyser - Google Books

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We all want to understand the world around us, and the ancient Greeks were the first to try and do so in a way we can properly call scientific. Their thought and writings laid the essential foundations for the revivals of science in medieval Baghdad and…