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A Monumental Undertaking
McKeon, Richard | September 3, 1930 issue

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The article discusses the first volume of the book "Introduction to the History of Science: From Homer to Omar Khayyam," by George Sarton. Sarton initiates the book with a study of the first twenty centuries. Sarton's manner of exposition is brief and effective. Even the most famous figures are treated in a few pages. A short biography is given, some characteristic doctrines are summarized in a few sentences and a detailed but selective bibliography is appended. Those bibliographies should be especially useful to the student of the history of science, particularly since the scope of the work carries it into so many fields in which bibliographical information is not readily available.

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INTRODUCTION to the History of Science: From Homer to Omar Khayyam (Book); SARTON, George, 1884-1956; SCIENCE; HISTORY; SCIENTIFIC knowledge; BIOGRAPHY; BIBLIOGRAPHY
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