Beacon Lights of History, Vol 3: Ancient Achievements by John Lord · Mentor New York
Ancient Scientific Knowledge, Part 3
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Hippocrates created the inductive method in medicine, breaking the priestly monopoly centuries before Bacon.
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Greek mathematics broadens into astronomy, medicine, and bibliography.
Ancient Scientific Knowledge, Part 3 uses Greek mathematics as the opening frame for a broader history, moving from Euclid, Archimedes, and Apollonius to Plato's school inscription and Pythagoras's idea that number is the essence of all things.
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You want Greek science in full robes, with geometry, philosophy, Alexandria, and Galen all in the same long procession.
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