Greek Science Paperback / softback
by T. E. (University of Wales, Swansea) Rihll
Part of the New Surveys in the Classics series
Paperback / softback
Description
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 Aesopon 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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:178 pages, 1 Tables, unspecified
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:11/11/1999
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199223954
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:178 pages, 1 Tables, unspecified
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:11/11/1999
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199223954
