Greek Science

it regarded man as a product of natural evolution, it regarded his powers of speech and thought as a product of his life in society, and it regarded his science as part of his technique of the control of his natural environment (11).

Farrington's book is sophisticated and technical enough to satisfy the needs of a professional in the field of science or philosophical science, but it is accessible enough to interest the intelligent lay reader. it is not written for novices in the fields of science and philosophy, who would benefit instead from a more basic and simple text. The lay reader who is both versed in the rudiments of the history of science and philosophy and ambitious and equipped to delve into more serious and complex thought would certainly find Farrington's book a worthwhile challenge.

Farrington's style is far more argumentative than matter of fact, which could make his work inappropriate for an impressionable reader. That is, his views are so strongly

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rial in hard cover. the only part of the book I can say I enjoyed is the author's respect for the fields about which he writes. However, he is so bland and academic in his presentation, and his messages seem so uninspiring and simple that that enjoyment is certainly limited. What I enjoyed least is the failure of the author to translate his obvious respect and devotion to science, mathematics, and the history of both, into any sort of enthusiasm or vital writing style which will inspire the reader to feel the same. I certainly feel that the author cares about his subjects, but he has not enlivened those subjects for the reader, nor offered new insights into them. All he basically says, again and again, is that the history of mathematics is "exhilarating," interconnected with other fields, and diminishes pessimism, and that the history of science involves history and science, which are different, primarily because history gives us time to reflect a nd science is constantly moving forward. Another major problem with the book is that it does not deserve to be called a book. It is composed of 170 pages, of which only 84 pages are text. The remainder are pages of bibliographic material, which again target the work at other prof
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