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This title presents the fascinating story of how the ancient Greeks discovered a new way of thinking which led to the evolution of the sciences. Historians often look to ancient Greece as the birthplace of Western civilization, and perhaps their most ingenious and lasting achievement was the development of the sciences. The names we give to science's many branches today - from physics and mathematics to chemistry and biology - echo the Greek words that were first used to define these disciplines. hat was it about the Greeks, as opposed to the older civilizations of Egypt, India and China, that gave rise to the uniquely Western, scientific mind-set? Going beyond individual discoveries. ""The Genesis of Science"" is an authoritative yet accessible exploration of the exceptional social and cultural characteristics that set the Greek civilization apart from the rest of the world allowing them to create the beginnings of modern science and thinking.

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Modern science isn't just built on gifts from the Greeks, it is Greek to the core. In The Genesis of Science, Stephen Bertman demonstrates the core principle by breathing life into the ancient Greeks and skillfully tracing their contribution to a wide variety of disciplines, which, though altered, retain the Greek ideal and all that came with it. Moreover, Bertman does so with a humanistic, visually enhanced flair that makes the story accessible to a wide audience in an age of fear, distrust, and misunderstanding of science's goals and methods. We need more books like this one. --Anthony F. Aveni, Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of Astronomy, Anthropology, and Native American Studies, Colgate University

Modern science isn't just built on gifts from the Greeks, it is Greek to the core. In The Genesis of Science, Stephen Bertman demonstrates the core principle by breathing life into the ancient Greeks and skillfully tracing their contribution to a wide variety of disciplines, which, though altered, retain the Greek ideal and all that came with it. Moreover, Bertman does so with a humanistic, visually enhanced flair that makes the story accessible to a wide audience in an age of fear, distrust, and misunderstanding of science's goals and methods. We need more books like this one. <br>--Anthony F. Aveni, Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of Astronomy, <br>Anthropology, and Native American Studies, Colgate University

""""Modern science isn't just built on gifts from the Greeks, it is Greek to the core. In The Genesis of Science, Stephen Bertman demonstrates the core principle by breathing life into the ancient Greeks and skillfully tracing their contribution to a wide variety of disciplines, which, though altered, retain the Greek ideal and all that came with it. Moreover, Bertman does so with a humanistic, visually enhanced flair that makes the story accessible to a wide audience in an age of fear, distrust, and misunderstanding of science's goals and methods. We need more books like this one."" --Anthony F. Aveni, Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of Astronomy, Anthropology, and Native American Studies, Colgate University

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Stephen Bertman is Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Windsor, Ontario, and the author of numerous books on a variety of historical subjects.

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