books.google.co.in - When it was first published in 1992, The Beginnings of Western Science was lauded as the first successful attempt ever to present a unified account of both ancient and medieval science in a single volume. Chronicling the development of scientific ideas, practices, and institutions from pre-Socratic Greek...http://books.google.co.in/books/about/The_Beginnings_of_Western_Science.html?id=dPUBAkIm2lUC&q=astronomy&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Beginnings of Western Science