The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way: Aristotle by Joy Hakim PDF

By Joy Hakim

Readers will go back and forth again in time to historical Babylonia, Egypt, and Greece. they are going to meet the world's first astronomers, mathematicians, and physicists and discover the lives and ideas of such recognized humans as Pythagoras, Archimedes, Brahmagupta, al-Khwarizmi, Fibonacci, Ptolemy, St. Augustine, and St. Thomas Aquinas. Hakim will introduce them to Aristotle—one of the best philosophers of all time—whose medical principles ruled a lot of the realm for eighteen centuries.

In the three-book The tale of Science sequence, grasp storyteller pleasure Hakim narrates the evolution of medical concept from precedent days to the current. With full of life, character-driven narrative, Hakim spotlights the achievements of a few of the world's maximum scientists and encourages a similiar spirit of inquiry in readers. The books comprise countless numbers of colour images, charts, maps, and diagrams; informative sidebars; feedback for extra analyzing; and excerpts from the writings of significant scientists.

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