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Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and - Rome, 2 Volume Se

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Informationen zum Autor Georgia L. Irby is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the College of William and Mary. Among her publications, she is the coeditor, with Paul T. Keyser, of the Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists: The Greek Tradition and its Many Heirs (2008) and Greek Science of the Hellenistic Era: A Sourcebook (2002).  Klappentext A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome beleuchtet diese Fachgebiete der Antike aus einer ganz neuen Perspektive und untersucht in 60 Kapiteln diese Disziplinen vielfältig kritisch und aus technischer Sicht.- Erhältlich als zweibändige Printausgabe oder als Online-Version.- Behandelt die Zeit ab 600 vor Christus, beinhaltet Kapitel zum späteren römischen Reich und den Jahrhunderten danach und diskutiert Übergang und Rezeption der Ideen im Zeitalter der Renaissance.- Untersucht Schlüsseldisziplinen, Konzepte und Entwicklungen der Wissenschaft, Technik und Medizin des Altertums vor dem Hintergrund historischer, kultureller und philosophischer Zusammenhänge in der griechischen und römischen Gesellschaft.- Legt in Band 1 den Schwerpunkt auf die Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften, in Band 2 auf kulturelle Anwendungen und interdisziplinäre Themen. Zusammenfassung A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome brings a fresh perspective to the study of these disciplines in the ancient world, with 60 chapters examining these topics from a variety of critical and technical perspectives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Volume I Contributor Biographies xi Abbreviations xix List of Figures and Maps xxiii Introduction 1 Part I Physics and Cosmogony 11 1 The Creation and Destruction of the World 13 Andrew D. Gregory 2 Matter 29 Daniel W. Graham 3 Motion and Energy 43 Jean De Groot 4 Nature and the Divine 60 Svetla Slaveva-Griffin Part II The Mathematical Sciences 77 5 Mathematics 79 Reviel Netz 6 Astronomy 96 Andrew D. Gregory 7 Astrology 114 Kocku von Stuckrad 8 Ancient Optics: Theories and Problems of Vision 130 Philip Thibodeau 9 Hydrostatics and Pneumatics in Antiquity 145 Matteo Valleriani 10 The Science of Harmonics and Music Theory in Ancient Greece 16 Sophie Gibson Part III E arth Sciences 179 11 Hydrology: Ocean, Rivers, and Other Waterways 181 Georgia L. Irby 12 Classical Geology and the Mines of the Greeks and Romans 197 Paul T. Craddock 13 Greco-Egyptian and Byzantine Alchemy 217 Matteo Martelli 14 Meteorology 232 Liba Taub 15 Geography 247 Duane W. Roller Part IV L ife Sciences 263 16 Greek and Roman Botany 26 M. Eleanor Irwin 17 Zoology 281 Tiberiu Popa 18 "Ecology" in the ancient Mediterranean 296 Georgia L. Irby, Robin McCall, and Anita Radini 19 The Failure of Evolutionary Thinking in Antiquity 313 Devin Henry 20 Embryology 329 James Wilberding Part V Healing and the Human Body 343 21 Anatomy and Physiology 345 Julius Rocca 22 Gynecology 360 Lauren Caldwell 23 Surgery 371 Frédéric Le Blay Translated by Todd Black 24 Physicians and "Schools" 386 Molly Jones-Lewis 25 Pharmacy 402 Molly Jones-Lewis 26 Magic, Curses, and Healing 418 Andrew D. Gregory 27 Healing Shrines 434 Georgia Petridou 28 Regimen and Athletic Training 450 Jason König 29 Epidemiology and Pathology 465 Efthymia Nikita, Anna Lagia, and Sevi Triantaphyllou 3...

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