01389nam a2200193Ia 4500 20260924151315.0 251219s9999||||xx |||||||||||||| ||und|| 23 938 FAR Farrington, Benjamin Greek Science : its meaning for us / Benjamin Farrington Baltimore : Penguin Books ,1961 320 p. fter a brief discussion of the achievement in science of the pre-Hellenic peoples, Professor Farrington describes the various phases of the development of science among the Greeks. The story begins about 600 B.C. and the first couple of centuries are conspicuous for the boldness of their thought and the rapidity with which the foundations of many of the chief branches of science were laid. In the next two or three centuries the Greeks continued to accumulate information and also showed their logical powers by systematizing their knowledge into a regular encyclopedia of the sciences. In this second period, however, their creativity was less and, after it, there is a period of stagnation interrupted in the second century A.D. by the appearance of the great astronomer and geographer Ptolemy and the great physician Galen, with whom Professor Farrington ends his story. History History of Science Greek Science Benjamin Farrington RBK 66788 66788 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2025-12-19 0 938 FAR G6937 2025-12-19 15:58:42 2025-12-19 RBK Prof. Romila Thapar's Collection