The third and second centuries BC witnessed, in the Greek world, a
scientific and technological explosion. In the age of Archimedes and
Euclid, science as we know it was born, and gave rise to sophisticated
technology that would not be seen again until the 18th century. What
were the landmarks in the meteoric rise of science 2300 years ago? Why
are they so little known today, even among scientists, classicists and
historians? How do they relate to the post-1500 science that we are
familiar with from school? These are the questions that this book
discusses, in the belief that the answers bear on choices we face today.