Hellenistic science

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Hellenistic science refers to the body of scientific knowledge and methods developed in the Greek-speaking world after Alexander the Great, characterized by systematic observation, mathematical modeling, and advances in fields such as astronomy, geometry, mechanics, and medicine.

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Hellenistic science canonical 5

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instanceOf historical scientific tradition ⓘ
period of science history ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Mouseion of Alexandria ⓘ
linked to: Mouseion
characterizedBy development of mechanical devices ⓘ
quantitative mathematical treatment of nature ⓘ
specialized professional scholars ⓘ
systematic astronomical observation ⓘ
use of axiomatic-deductive methods in geometry ⓘ
use of large-scale libraries and research institutions ⓘ
developsField anatomy ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
engineering ⓘ
geography ⓘ
geometry ⓘ
harmonics ⓘ
hydrostatics ⓘ
mathematical astronomy ⓘ
mathematical physics ⓘ
mechanics ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
optics ⓘ
pharmacology ⓘ
statics ⓘ
follows Classical Greek science ⓘ
geographicCenter Alexandria ⓘ
Pergamon ⓘ
Rhodes ⓘ
Syracuse ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Apollonius of Perga ⓘ
Archimedes ⓘ
Aristarchus of Samos ⓘ
Ctesibius ⓘ
Erasistratus ⓘ
Eratosthenes ⓘ
Euclid ⓘ
Hero of Alexandria ⓘ
Herophilus ⓘ
Hipparchus ⓘ
Ptolemy ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaios
hasKeyWork Almagest ⓘ
Elements ⓘ
On the Sand-Reckoner ⓘ
linked to: The Sand Reckoner

On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon ⓘ
hasLegacy basis for later mechanics and engineering ⓘ
foundation for classical geometry curriculum ⓘ
foundation for later mathematical astronomy ⓘ
includesDiscovery approximate circumference of the Earth by Eratosthenes ⓘ
early heliocentric proposal by Aristarchus of Samos ⓘ
geocentric astronomical models refined by Hipparchus ⓘ
law of the lever by Archimedes ⓘ
principle of buoyancy by Archimedes ⓘ
systematic human dissections by Herophilus ⓘ
influenced Islamic Golden Age science ⓘ
Renaissance science ⓘ
Roman science ⓘ
medieval European science ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotelian philosophy ⓘ
linked to: Aristotelianism

Babylonian astronomy ⓘ
Egyptian mathematics ⓘ
Egyptian medicine ⓘ
Platonic philosophy ⓘ
Pythagorean mathematics ⓘ
languageOf Greek ⓘ
partOf Hellenistic civilization ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic period
timePeriod late 4th century BCE to 1st century BCE ⓘ
usesMethod empirical investigation ⓘ
geometrical reasoning ⓘ
mathematical modeling ⓘ
systematic observation ⓘ

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Ikhwan al-Safa → influencedBy → Hellenistic science ⓘ
Hellenistic medicine → relatedTo → Hellenistic science ⓘ
Hellenistic astronomy → partOf → Hellenistic science ⓘ
Geber → influencedBy → Hellenistic science ⓘ
Banu Musa brothers → influencedBy → Hellenistic science ⓘ