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1 online resource |
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Very short introductions ; 731 |
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Very short introductions.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- List of illustrations -- 1. Understanding the world -- 2. Expert poets -- 3. Inventing nature -- 4. Those clever Greeks -- 5. Let no one unskilled in geometry enter -- 6. A theory of everything -- 7. Old school ties -- 8. Roman nature -- 9. River deep, mountain high -- 10. Is there scientific progress? -- 11. Going by the book--or not -- 12. Beyond antiquity -- Note on dates and spelling -- References -- Further reading -- Index |
| Summary |
Questions about the physical world, human bodies and health, and even mathematical problems abounded in ancient Greece and Rome. Then, as now, scientific work was part of broader culture. The answers offered by ancient thinkers were influential for centuries and are still actively discussed today. In this Very Short Introduction, Liba Taub describes ancient scientific ideas and practices, focusing on Greece and Rome between the 8th century BCE and 6th century CE. Her account begins with the epic poets Homer and Hesiod and ends with reflections of modern physicists--back cover |
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Science, Ancient.
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Science -- Greece -- History
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Science -- Rome -- History
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Science.
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Science, Ancient.
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Greece.
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Rome (Empire)
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191800573 |
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0191800570 |
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