Greek Science After Aristotle

G E R Lloyd

Random House, Aug 31, 2013 - Science - 208 pages

In his previous volume in this series, Early Greek Science: Thales to Aristotle, G. E. R. Lloyd pointed out that although there is no exact equivalent to our term ‘science’ in Greek, Western science may still be said to originate with the Greeks. In this second volume, Greek Science after Aristotle, the author continues his discussion of the fundamental Greek contributions to science, drawing on the richer literary and archaeological sources for the period after Aristotle. Particular attention is paid to the Greeks’ conception of the inquiries they were engaged in, and to the interrelations of science and technology. In the first part of the book the author considers the two hundred years after the death of Aristotle, devoting separate chapters to mathematics, astronomy and biology. He goes on to deal with Ptolemy and Galen and concludes with a discussion of later writers and of the problems raised by the question of the decline of ancient science.

About the author

G. E. R. Lloyd, University lecturer in Classics at Cambridge, was born in London in 1933 and educated at Charterhouse. He graduated at King’s College, Cambridge, where he later took his MA and PhD, and in 1957 became a Fellow. He has been Senior Tutor since 1969.
His published works include Polarity and Analogy: two types of argumentation in early Greek thought and Aristotle: The Growth and Structure of his Thought, both published by the Cambridge University Press, and numerous articles in such periodicals as Phronesis, Journal of Hellenic Studies, Classical Review, Gnomon, Cambridge Review and The Times Literary Supplement.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Greek Science After Aristotle
• Author: G E R Lloyd
• Publisher: Random House, 2013
• ISBN: 1448190312, 9781448190317
• Length: 208 pages
• Subjects: Science / History