History of sciences of antiquity [ LFLTR2552 ]

Study of the development of some specific sciences (Astronomy, Arithmetic, Geometry, Geography etc) in Ancient Egypt, Babylonian world and Greek civilisation.

At the end of this course of lectures, the student must understand how the modern concept of science was made up from the Egyptian, Babylonian and Ancient Greek civilisations.

Oral examination.

Lectures with demonstrations of the more technical topics.

In a diachronic way, from the Early Antiquity to the 4^th century AD, we will examine the developments of the exact (arithmetic, geometry, astronomy) and natural (medicine) sciences, more particularly trough the study of technical topics (calendars, Euclidean geometry, astronomical system of Ptolemy, etc.).

Materials : students’ hand-written notes.