Science in Antiquity Author:Benjamin Farrington "The main purpose of this volume is to trace the history of Greek science from its origins in the 6th century B.C. until its virtual disappearance about the 5th century A.D., and to put the Greek achievement into its proper historical setting among the scientific attainments of the older civilizations of the Near East." Includes chapters on Egy... more »pt and Mesopotamia, early Greek science, atomic theory, Greek medicine, Socrates and Plato, Aristotle, the Alexandrian Age, and the Graeco-Roman world.« less