HPS210H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Natural Philosophy, Hydrostatics, Phlegm
27 Sep 2017
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Theres a test in 2 weeks during the first 30 minutes of class. The content of the class is everything we do up to that day. Hellenistic (means in the greek style) and roman science/plotamaic astronomy. Roman science was modelled on greek science that was composed before them. This is about the exportation and tranformation of greek science during the 4th and. Alexandria which is a city in egypt is the heart of natural greek science and philosophy as it is named after alexander the great. It is the location of museum which is a famous library. Euclid was the most influential geometer in antiquity and he was involved in rigorous logical reasoning. His geometry demonstrations lead to necessary conclusions. His work gave precise and clear definitions and axioms. He defined points lines surface, kinds of angles, parallel lines etc. There is an influential text that includes all his mathematical knowledge.
