Abstract
Greek science is collected, codified, and systematized in the Alexandrian Museum, a state-subsidized collection of scholars. Initially, important anatomical and physiological discoveries were made, and physiology was established as a science. But, over time, there was a gradual shift from science toward mysticism. As the museum declined to extinction, most of what was known of Greek science was lost.
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Lutz, P.L. (2002). The Alexandrian Period. In: The Rise of Experimental Biology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-163-3_5
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