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Aristotle leads the Way invites readers to journey back through ancient Babylon, Egypt, Greece, India, and the Arab world, meeting figures such as Pythagoras, Archimedes, Brahmagupta, Al Khwarizmi, Fibonacci, Ptolemy, St. Augustine, and St. Thomas Aquinas. The book examines how their questions and discoveries laid the groundwork for modern disciplines like mathematics, astronomy, physics, and the social sciences. Designed for high school students and homeschoolers, it combines historical narrative with practical science activities and research projects to illuminate the human quest for knowledge.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: History/Ancient History
Authors: Joy Hakim
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