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I read The Beginnings of Western Science for a class. It's excellent and I recommend it to anyone interested in the history of science.
What other history of science books does it compare favorably to?
It covers very similar material as the first two parts of Russell's A History of Western Philosophy, since for a long time there was little distinction between philosophy and natural philosophy. I've only read parts of Russell's book but Lindberg does a better job.
We also read Mott Greene's Natural Knowledge in Preclassical Antiquity, which was also excellent but much more specialized. I found its discussion of Hesiod's volcanos fascinating.
The rest of the books focused on later stuffsies.