科学史纲要终极宝典The compendium of the history of Science.doc

科学史纲要终极宝典（The compendium of the history of Science） This article is contributed by hardycc DOC documents may experience poor browsing on the WAP side. It is recommended that you first select TXT, or download the source file to the local view. Essentials of scientific history One Representatives of astronomy, mathematics and medicine in ancient Greece and Rome and their works Astronomy: Aristotle, the view is that the earth is spherical, that the earth is stationary, and that it is the center of the universe. Ptolemys first is astronomy dacheng. The second part is the geography guide, a comprehensive study of the geographical knowledge of Rome and greece. The third part is about astrology four books, the improved method of drawing Star astrology attempts in the book, in order to enter into the Aristotles natural philosophy. Ptolemy summed up the achievements of ancient Greek astronomy, written in astronomy Dacheng Thirteen volumes. The duration of one year, compiled a catalogue, it indicates that the modified precession, caused by refraction, gives the calculation method of eclipse. He used the Greek astronomers especially Hipparchus (Hipparchus, also translated hipparco) a large number of observations and research results, the interpretation of their system of celestial motion theory of gravity with eccentric circle or ferry system, then later the geocentric system dubbed his name, called Ptolemy geocentric system. Mathematics: Ancient Greek mathematician Euclid Euclid is one of the most famous and most influential, he is also a member of the school of alexandria. Euclid wrote a book entitled Elements, a total of 13 volumes. Geometry is the main object of geometry, but it deals with other subjects, such as number theory and irrational number theory. Euclid uses axiomatic methods. Axiom (Axioms) is a basic proposition that is certain and needs no proof, and all theorems are deduced from them. In such deductive reasoning, each proof must be based on axioms, or on the