Asimov, Isaac.
The Greeks A Great Adventure
. Boston, Mass., Houghton Mifflin Co., 1965. A Sweep of Greek history from its civilization to present day.
*Bendick, Jeanne. Immortals of Science Series:
Archimedes and The Door of Science
. New York: Franklin-Watts, Inc.
Cook, J.M.
The Greeks In Ionia and the East
. New York: Fredrick A. Praeger, Inc. 1963. An excellent historical account of the development of the early Ionian civilizations.
*Downey, Glanville. Immortals of Science Series:
Aristotle Dean of Early Science
. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc.
*Goldberg, Herbert S. Immortals of Science Series: Hippocrates
Father of Medicine
. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1963.
Hamilton, Edith.
The Greek Way
. New York: W.W. Norton and Co., Inc. 1942. Describes important Greeks who contributed to Greek History. Chapter 16 describes the way of the Greeks.
Lipsius, Frank.
Alexander the Great
. New York: Saturday Review Press, 1974. Biography which included two chapters describing the relationship between Alexander and Aristotle.
Mills, Dorothy.
The Book of the Ancient Greeks
. New York: G.P, Putnam;s Sons, 1925. An introduction for beginners to ancient history covering the civilization of Greece to the year 146 B.C.
Sigerist, Dr. Henry.
The Great Doctors
. New York: W.W. Norton Co., Inc. 1933. Pages 21-77 describe the early Greek men of medicine.
Silverberg, Robert.
The Great Doctors
. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1964. Pages 15-30 describe Hippocrates’ contribution to medicine.
Verlag, Wilhelm Andermann.
Athens
. New York: Doubleday and Co., 1966. A small book useful for its color illustrations of ancient Greek objects.
* These three books are highly recommended for the high school student. There are a total of twenty-five biographies in this series. Each provides an excellent account of the lives of scientific thinkers whose contributions have most advanced science.
