What Did the Romans Know? - An Inquiry into Science and Worldmaking

Zusammenfassung What did the Romans know about their world? The author contends that even though many of the Romans' views about the natural world have no place in modern science - that umbrella-footed monsters and dog-headed people roamed the earth and that the stars foretold human destinies - their claims turn out not to be so radically different from our own.

Product details

• Authors: Daryn Lehoux, Daryn (Manchester University) Lehoux
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2012
• EAN: 9780226471143
• ISBN: 978-0-226-47114-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book; SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Ancient Rome