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This handbook synthesizes what is known and debated about science in the classical world of ancient Greece and Rome, also touching briefly on Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, and China. Each of its many essays provides a synthesis and synopsis of the concepts and models of one of the ancient natural sciences.
List of contents
- Table of Contents
- A. Ancient Scientific Traditions Beyond Greece and Rome.
- 1. Mesopotamia
- 2. Egypt
- 3. India
- 4. China
- B. Early Greek Science
- C. Hellenistic Greek Science
- D. Greco-Roman Science
- E. Late Antique and Early Byzantine Science
About the author
Paul T. Keyser studied physics and classics at St. Andrew's School, Duke, and Boulder. After teaching Classics at Edmonton and Cornell, he returned to his first love, programming. Keyser currently works as a Site-Reliability Engineer for Google in Pittsburgh. He has published work on gravitational physics, stylometry, and ancient science and technology.
John E. Scarborough, MD is certified by the American Board of Surgery in Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. He completed his General Surgery Residency at the Duke University School of Medicine, where he also served as a Surgical Critical Care and Abdominal Transplant Fellow. Scarborough is currently an associate professor in the Department of Surgery at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Summary
This handbook synthesizes what is known and debated about science in the classical world of ancient Greece and Rome, also touching briefly on Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, and China. Each of its many essays provides a synthesis and synopsis of the concepts and models of one of the ancient natural sciences.
Additional text
This book is a masterpiece in its own right. Few books cover these topics in such a holistic manner, capturing the totality and variety of science throughout history. The science of the ancient world is both well-known and unknown. This book compensates for that gap in information by providing a substantial amount of data from qualified experts. As with any book with this many handprints on it, the quality of each section may differ, but the result as a whole is an indispensable resource that should be included in all libraries.
