Science and mathematics in ancient greek culture

C.J. Tuplin, T. E. Rihll

380 pages, parution le 12/12/2002

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Résumé

Ancient Greece was the birthplace of science, which developed in the Hellenized culture of ancient Rome. This book, written by seventeen international experts, examines the role and achievement of science and mathematics in Greek antiquity through discussion of the linguistic, literary, political, religious, sociological, and technological factors which influenced scientific thought and practice. It locates science within ancient Greek society and culture, investigates its impact upon that society, and identifies it as a cultural phenomenon deserving no less attention than literary or artistic creativity.

Contents

1 T. E. Rihll: Introduction: Greek Science in context
2 Andrew Barker: Words for sounds
3 J. L. Berggren: Ptolemy's maps as an introduction to ancient science
4 Harry M. Hine: Seismology and vulcanology in antiquity
5 Alan C. Bowen: The art of the commander and the emergence of predictive astronomy
6 R. Hannah: Euctemon's parapegma
7 L. Taub: Instruments of Alexandrian astronomy: the uses of the equinoctial rings
8 J. J. Coulton: The Dioptra of Heron of Alexandria
9 S. Cuomo: The machine and the city: hero of Alexandria's Belopoecia
10 J. R. Milton: Ancient atomism: promise and failure
11 R. Netz: Greek mathematicians: a group picture
12 Edward Hussey: Aristotle and mathematics
13 C. M. Taisbak: Euclid's Elements 9.14 and the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic
14 V. Nutton: Ancient medicine: Asclepius transformed
15 Teun Tieleman: Galen on the seat of the intellect: anatomical experiment and philosophical tradition
16 T. E. Rihll and J. V. Tucker: Practice makes perfect: processing materials in classical Athens
17 C. Anne Wilson: Distilling, sublimation, and the four elements: the aims and achievements of the earliest Greek chemists

L'auteur - C.J. Tuplin

C. J. Tuplin (editor), Reader in Ancient History, University of Liverpoo

L'auteur - T. E. Rihll

T. E. Rihll, Lecturer, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Wales, Swansea

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Oxford University Press
Auteur(s)	C.J. Tuplin, T. E. Rihll
Parution	12/12/2002
Nb. de pages	380
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	830g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780198152484
ISBN13	978-0-19-815248-4