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The flame of Miletus : the birth of science in ancient Greece (and how it changed the world) / John Freely

This history traces the development of Greek science and philosophy from its origins in 6th-century BC Miletus through its transmission to the Islamic world and Byzantium. It examines the preservation of classical knowledge and its influence on the European Renaissance.

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