Revolution or Rebirth? Comments on 'The Forgotten Revolution' by Lucio Russo

• Authors: Krol Z.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This article presents some basic facts concerning ancient Greek mathematics which contradict many theses of 'The Forgotten Revolution: How Science Was Born in 300 BC and Why It Had To Be Reborn'. The disastrous and distorting negation of existence of early Greek mathematics and its scientific achievements is commonly accepted in some related studies, e.g. on the Pythagoreans. The argument concerns also some problems in modern science and mathematics.

Keywords

EN

HISTORY OF SCIENCE; MODERN MATHEMATICS; RUSSO LUCIO

Discipline

• SCIENCE_OF_SCIENCE: SCIENCE OF SCIENCE

• Publisher: Science Studies Committee, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Zagadnienia Naukoznawstwa
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 43
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 273-285
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Krol Z.

• Z. Krol, Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii PAN, ul. Nowy Swiat 72, 00-330 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA03196600