The Growth of Ancient Science

Abstract

THE history of science claims a legitimate placein the organization of research and learning on the ground that it gives a faithful account of the development of positive knowledge with reference to the intellectual atmosphere of the various periods of civilization. It is not merely as an outline of the progress of thought and technology, but rather as a critical exposition of the chequered career of scientific thought, that the history of science has now secured recognition as an important and useful branch of knowledge and study. Of this conception of the history of science, an excellent illustration is given by the present work, which covers the origin and growth of ancient science.

Histoire des sciences: Antiquité

Par Pierre Brunet Aldo Mieli (Bibliothèque scientifique.) Pp. 1224. (Paris: Payot et Cie., 1935.) 200 francs.