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A Source Book in Greek Science
A Source Book in Greek Science
Greek Science of the Hellenistic Era
Author: Georgia L. Irby-Massie
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-02-01
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 113455639X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →We all want to understand the world around us, and the ancient Greeks were the first to try and do so in a way we can properly call scientific. Their thought and writings laid the essential foundations for the revivals of science in medieval Baghdad and renaissance Europe. Now their work is accessible to all, with this invaluable introduction to c.100 scientific authors active from 320 BCE to 230 CE. The book begins with an outline of a new socio-political model for the development and decline of Greek science, followed by eleven chapters that cover the main disciplines: * the science which the Greeks saw as fundamental - mathematics * astronomy * astrology and geography * mechanics * optics and pneumatics * the non-mathematical sciences of alchemy, biology, medicine and 'psychology'. Each chapter contains an accessible introduction on the origins and development of the topic in question, and all the authors are set in context with brief biographies.
A Source Book in Greek Science, by Morris R. Cohen,... and I. E. Drabkin,... [Preface by Gregory D. Walcott.].
Greek Medicine
Author: James Longrigg
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-08-21
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1136782184
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Greek and Roman Technology: A Sourcebook
Author: Andrew N. Sherwood
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003-10-04
Total Pages: 616
ISBN-13: 1134926219
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this volume the authors translate and annotate key passages from ancient authors to provide a history and an analysis of the origins and development of technology. Among the topics covered are: * energy * basic mechanical devices * agriculture * food processing and diet * mining and metallurgy * construction and hydraulic engineering * household industry * transport and trade * military technology. The sourcebook presents 150 ancient authors and a diverse range of literary genres, such as, the encyclopedic Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder, the poetry of Homer and Hesiod, the philosophy of Plato, Aristotle and Lucretius and the agricultural treatise of Varro. Humphrey, Oleson and Sherwood provide a comprehensive and accessible collection of rich and varied sources to illustrate and elucidate the beginnings of technology. Glossaries of technological terminology, indices of authors and subjects, introductions outlining the general significance of the evidence, notes to explain the specific details, and a recent bibliography make this volume a valuable research and teaching tool.
A Source Book in Medieval Science
Author: Edward Grant
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 890
ISBN-13: 9780674823600
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This Source Book explores a millennium of European scientific thought accompanied by critical commentary and annotation; nearly half the selections appear for the first time in the vernacular. Representing "science" in the medieval sense, selections include alchemy, astrology, logic, and theology as well as mathematics, physics, and biology.
A Source Book in Greek Science
Author: Morris Raphael Cohen
Publisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1958 [c1948]
Published: 1958
Total Pages: 624
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Covering the general fields of mathematics, astronomy, mathematical geography, physics, chemistry and chemical technology, geology and meteorology, biology, medicine, and physiological psychology, the present collection surveys the field of Greek scientific achievement over a thousand-year period. Many Greek scientific treatises were written and read by cultivated people who did not regard themselves as specialists. These works should appeal today to those readers who wish to understand not only the foundations of modern science, but also a vital element of the humanistic tradition.
Greek Science
Author: T. E. Rihll
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999-11-11
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780199223954
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
