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Product Identifiers

PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100199223955

ISBN-139780199223954

eBay Product ID (ePID)1919383

Product Key Features

Number of Pages178 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameGreek Science

SubjectHistory & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, General, History

Publication Year1999

TypeTextbook

AuthorT. E. Rihll

Subject AreaPhilosophy, Science

SeriesNew Surveys in the Classics Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight9.7 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN00-710848

Dewey Edition21

Series Volume NumberSeries Number 29

Volume NumberVol. 29

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal509.38

Table Of ContentNote on names and citations; Acknowledgements; Note to the scientifically faint-hearted reader; 1. The nature of Greek science; 2. Physics; 3. Mathematics; 4. Astronomy; 5. Geography; 6. Biology and medicine; Epilogue; Bibliography; About the author; Index of names, subjects and passages.

SynopsisGreek Science, first published in 1999, is written for scientists, classicists, historians of science, and anyone with an interest in the beginnings of science. It surveys the range and scope of ancient work on topics now called science, at a lively pace and with colourful examples., Greek Science, first published in 1999, is written for scientists, classicists, historians of science, and anyone with an interest in the beginnings of science. It surveys the range and scope of ancient work on topics now called science, at a lively pace and with colourful examples. It encompasses ancient empirical studies as well as theoretical works, the life sciences and the exact sciences, and is written by one of the foremost authorities on ancient science and technology. No knowledge of Greek, Latin, or ancient history is assumed., This survey of ancient Greek science sets the ancients scientific ideas and practices firmly in their social and historical context. The first chapter clarifies the nature of science in Greek society. The author then surveys all the major fields: physics, mathematics, astronomy, geography, biology and medicine. Quotations from the primary sources (in translation) are given as case studies or worked examples in each field. Examples range from Archimedes, Vitruvius, Seneca and Aesop on specific gravity, to a Hippocratic treatment for haemorrhoids. The sources shed fascinating light on Greek and Roman society, as well as Greek science. There is an extensive bibliography of primary sources in English translation and of modern scholarship upon them.

LC Classification NumberQ127.G7 R54 1999