Hellenistic Science and Culture (Hardcover, Reissue)

Noted scholar's brilliant recapitulation of major intellectual achievements of Western civilization in the three centuries immediately preceding the birth of Christ. Focus is on Greek astronomy, physics, technology, anatomy and other sciences, but philosophy, religion, language, sculpture, painting and literature are also discussed. "He ranges freely through these centuries and their achievements, master of his subject and superb literary craftsman"-Times Literary Supplement (London). 112 illustrations. Bibliography.