The Great Thinker: Aristotle and the Foundations of Science
The Great Thinker: Aristotle and the Foundations of Science
Gow, Mary
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Annotation: A biography of ancient Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle, whose writings on zoology, logic, the philosophy of nature, metaphysics, ethics, politics, and literary criticism influenced Western thought for hundreds of years.
Genre: [Biographies]
 
Reviews: 3
Catalog Number: #48337
Format: Library Binding
Common Core/STEAM: STEAM STEAM Common Core Common Core
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Copyright Date: 2011
Edition Date: 2011 Release Date: 07/16/10
Pages: 128 pages
ISBN: 0-7660-3121-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-7660-3121-0
Dewey: 921
LCCN: 2009023813
Dimensions: 25 cm.
Subject Heading:
Aristotle. Juvenile literature.
Aristotle.
Scientists. Greece. Biography. Juvenile literature.
Philosophers. Greece. Biography. Juvenile literature.
Science. Philosophy. Juvenile literature.
Scientists. Greece.
Philosophers. Greece.
Science. Philosophy.
Language: English
Reviews:
Horn Book (Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2011)

These dry but useful biographies explain their subjects' contributions during their own times, then discuss the men's later influence--or limitations, as with Euclidian geometry. Carefully documented facts are distinguished from legend and augmented with contextual material, such as information about Socrates in Plato and Aristotle. Captioned photos and a few diagrams illustrate the texts; brief activity sections are appended. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind.

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Horn Book (Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2011)
Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Word Count: 14,586
Reading Level: 7.4
Interest Level: 4-7
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 7.4 / points: 3.0 / quiz: 139107 / grade: Middle Grades

Aristotle's work was groundbreaking in many areas. Even when he was not the first person to consider certain studies, he was the first to write about several of them. Aristotle's contributions to the development of Greek and later science were monumental. He advanced factual knowledge about fields like biology and zoology. He framed questions and suggested approaches that were built upon for centuries afterward.

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