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George (Alfred Léon) Sarton
(31 Aug 1884 - 22 Mar 1956)
Belgian-American science historian who established the discipline in the U.S. His major work was the several volumes of Introduction to the History of Science (1927-47).
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Science Quotes by George (Alfred Léon) Sarton (1)
It would be foolish to give credit to Euclid for pangeometrical conceptions; the idea of geometry deifferent from the common-sense one never occurred to his mind. Yet, when he stated the fifth postulate, he stood at the parting of the ways. His subconscious prescience is astounding. There is nothing comperable to it in the whole history of science.
— George (Alfred Léon) Sarton
Ancient Science And Modern Civilization (1954, 1959), 28. In George Edward Martin, The Foundations of Geometry and the Non-Euclidean Plane (1982), 130.
