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George Alfred Leon Sarton foi um químico e historiador belga, considerado o fundador da disciplina história da ciência. Abandonou a Bélgica por causa da Primeira Guerra Mundial, fixando-se nos Estados Unidos, onde permaneceu o resto de sua vida pesquisando e escrevendo sobre a história da ciência. Pai da escritora May Sarton. Wikipedia  

✵ 31. Agosto 1884 – 22. Março 1956
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“The whole iconography of ancient science is simply the fruit of wishful thinking.”

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George Sarton

Preface.
A History of Science Vol.2 Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C. (1959)

“Men of science have made abundant mistakes of every kind; their knowledge has improved only because of their gradual abandonment of ancient errors, poor approximations, and premature conclusions.”

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George Sarton

Preface.
A History of Science Vol.2 Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C. (1959)

“The rationalism of the creative minds was tempered by abundant fantasies, and the supreme beauty of the monuments was probably spoiled by the circumambient vanities and ugliness; in a few cases the Greeks came as close to perfection as it was possible to do, yet they were human and imperfect.”

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Preface.
A History of Science Vol.1 Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece (1952)