CONTENTS. 



PACK 



INTRODUCTION I 



PART I. 



SCIENCE OF THE GREEKS. 



CHAPTER I. 



639 TO 470 B.C. 



Ignorance of the Greeks concerning Nature Ionian School of 

 Learning Thales discovers the Solstices and Equinoxes, and 

 knows that the Moon Reflects the Light of the Sun Anaxi- 

 mander invents a Sun-dial Discovers the Phases of the Moon 

 Makes a Map of the Ancient World Pythagoras teaches that 

 the Earth moves, and that the Morning and Evening Star are 

 the same He studies Geology, and knows that Land has in 

 some places become Sea True sayings of Pythagoras and his 

 Followers about Geology ....... 7 



CHAPTER II. 

 499 TO 3 22 B - c ' 



Anaxagoras studies the Moon Describes Eclipses of the Sun and 

 Moon Is Tried and Condemned for Denying that the Sun is a 

 God Hippocrates the Father of Medicine Separates the 

 office of Priest and Doctor Studies the Human Body 

 Eudoxus has an Observatory Makes a Map of the Stars 

 Explains the Movements of the Planets Democritus studies 

 the Milky Way Aristotle an Astronomer and Zoologist 

 Divides Animals into Classes Teaches that there is a Gradual 

 Succession of Animal Life Studies the Difference of the Life in 

 Plants and Animals Theophrastus the first Botanist . 13 



