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History of Science Greco-Roman Period

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1.Astronomer who formulated calendar reform in Athens consisting of a 19 year cycle of 235 months
2.Greco-Roman mathematician and astronomer; author of Mathematical Comilation (Almagest) which shaped the development of astronomy for 1500 years
4.Philosophical system founded by Zeno that maintained happiness came through living in harmony with nature and natural law; this harmony required knowledge of natural world
7.Encyclopedic author whose Natural History provided a useful register of what an educated Roman should know; Collected 20,000 facts from hundreds of different sources; died in Vesuvius' eruption
8.Developed two-sphere model; student of Plato
10.works that seek to explain the 6 days of the creation as described in the Book of Genesis
11.Author of the first textbook; presented axiomatic, deductive model of proof
12.Study of the end of things
13.Largest collection of books in ancient world; located in Alexandria patronized by Ptolemy kings
14.Astronomer and mathematician; invented trigonmetry and developed accurate star maps
16.Medical sect that believed diseases were caused by tenseness and laxness of body
17.Apparent backward motion of planets
20.Home of Pre-Socratic philosphers in Ionia
21.Used to determine the direction of the Holy City of Mecca
22.Circle on deferent; employed by Ptolemy to explain retrograde motion
23.Propagated atomic theory (atoms and void) as part of philosophical system aimed eliminating fear of the unknown
27.This technological innovation significantly increased the production of books in the Abbasid Caliphdom; the technology for the production of __________ was learned from Chinese prisoners.
29.Medical Sect that scorned theoretical knowledge
32.came up with criteria to examine Book of Genesis which differentiated between literal and allegorical meaning
33.Means "Greek like"
34.__________ Arts; seven fields of study or disciplines
35.Medical sect that searched for "hidden causes of diseases"; also known as Rationalists
37.Greatest Greco-Roman physician; central to his aim was need to classify diseases and to discover the universals that lay behind the particulars and to searched for hidden causes; began career treating gladiators and ended it treating emperors;
38.Greek word for "to learn" Lloyd GSA 33
39.Physiologist who believed that all tissue in the body contains veins, arteries, and nerves; conducted dissections after Herophilus
40.Means successor or deputy of The Prophet
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1.A temple to the Muses and a shrine to learning established in Alexandria
2.That part of Greek natural philosophy addressing questions of substance and elements.
3.School launched by Aristotle
5.Apparent backward motion of planets
6.Author of Latin poem, On the Nature of Things; presented atomic theory
7.Roman encyclopedic author; died in eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
9.Grammar, Rhetoric, and Logic
14.Alexandrian anatomist who distinguished between sensory and motor nerves; performed dissections
15.Astronomer who believed earth rotated on its axis
18._________ of Alexandria; argued that the Jews had Moses and the Greeks had Plato; contended that "reason" was given to humans by God to explore natural world
19.Christian who argued Greek learning and Christianity were not in opposition
21.Arthemetic, Geometry, Astronomy, and Music
24.Founder of tradition of learned medicine; wrote work on The Sacred Disease,
25.Mathematician, died in siege of Syracuse; declared "Eureka"
26.Convert who asked "What does Jerusalem have to do with Athens?"
28.Imaginary central point of orbit; employed by Ptolemy to explain motion of celestial bodies
29.Measured the circumference of the earth while head of the Museum in Alexandria
30.Nestorian Christian; translated numerous works (at least 100)into Arabic
31.______________ of Geometry; author Euclid
32.Proposed heliocentric system;
36.capital of the Abbasid caliphdom; this city was founded in 762; became center of natural philosophy

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