The transition from mythology to rational, scientific thought in Ancient Greece set the foundation for Western civilization.
More than 2,000 years ago, Greek artisans built a compact machine of interlocking gears that could track the heavens with a precision that still unsettles modern engineers. The corroded fragments of ...
The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern ...
Suppose you could travel back in time to the third century BCE, and visit Alexandria, the capital city of the Greek kingdom of Egypt. Arguably it was the most enlightened, wealthy, and powerful of all ...
Greece had two golden ages. The first took place after the Greeks defeated the Persians in early fifth century BCE. During the fifty years between the Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian War, 479 – 431 ...
Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...
The Greek world. The managerial societies -- Scientists in Greece -- Greek science and politics -- The Hellenistic world. Science and subsidy -- War the quest for certainty -- The Roman world. Science ...