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245 04 a| The Cambridge companion to ancient Greek and Roman scienceh| [electronic resource] /c| edited by Liba Taub.;

246 1 a| Ancient Greek and Roman science;

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300 a| ix, 344 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm.;

490 1 a| Cambridge companions to philosophy;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-318) and indexes.;

505 0 a| Introduction / Lisa Taub -- Presocratic natural philosophy / Patricia Curd -- Reason, experience, and art: the Gorgias and On Ancient Medicine / James Allen -- Toward a science of life: the cosmological method, teleology, and living things / Klaus Corcilius -- Aristotle on the matter for birth, life, and the elements / David Ebrey -- From craft to nature: the emergence of natural teleology / Thomas Kjeller Johansen -- Creationism in antiquity / David Sedley -- What's a plant? / Laurence M. V. Totelin -- Meteorology / Monte Ransome Johnson -- Ancient Greek mathematics / Nathan Sidoli -- Astronomy in its contexts / Lisa Taub -- Ancient Greek mechanics and the mechanical hypothesis / Sylvia Berryman -- Measuring musical beauty: instruments, reason, and perception in ancient harmonics / Massimo Raffa -- Ancient Greek historiography of science / Leonid Zhmud;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 8 a| "This book provides a comprehensive overview of the key themes in Greek and Roman science, medicine, mathematics, and technology. A distinguished team of specialists engage with topics including the role of observation and experiment, Presocratic natural philosophy, ancient creationism, and the special style of ancient Greek mathematical texts, while several chapters confront key questions in the philosophy of science such as the relationship between evidence and explanation. The volume will spark renewed discussion about the character of 'ancient' versus 'modern' science, and will broaden readers' understanding of the rich traditions of ancient Greco-Roman natural philosophy, science, medicine, and mathematics"--Page [4] of coner.;

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The Cambridge companion to ancient Greek and Roman science / edited by Liba Taub.

Other author	Taub, Liba, 1954.
Other author	Cambridge University Press.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Description	ix, 344 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Cambridge Companions
Subjects	Science, Ancient. Science--Greece. --History. Science--Rome. --History. Technology--Greece. --History. Technology--Rome. --History. Medicine, Greek and Roman. Science--history. History, Ancient Greek World Roman World Sciences anciennes. Sciences--Grèce. --Histoire. Sciences--Rome. --Histoire. Technologie--Grèce. --Histoire. Technologie--Rome. --Histoire. Médecine grecque et romaine.

Variant title	Ancient Greek and Roman science
Series	Cambridge companions to philosophy Cambridge companions to philosophy. ^A284497
Contents	Introduction / Lisa Taub -- Presocratic natural philosophy / Patricia Curd -- Reason, experience, and art: the Gorgias and On Ancient Medicine / James Allen -- Toward a science of life: the cosmological method, teleology, and living things / Klaus Corcilius -- Aristotle on the matter for birth, life, and the elements / David Ebrey -- From craft to nature: the emergence of natural teleology / Thomas Kjeller Johansen -- Creationism in antiquity / David Sedley -- What's a plant? / Laurence M. V. Totelin -- Meteorology / Monte Ransome Johnson -- Ancient Greek mathematics / Nathan Sidoli -- Astronomy in its contexts / Lisa Taub -- Ancient Greek mechanics and the mechanical hypothesis / Sylvia Berryman -- Measuring musical beauty: instruments, reason, and perception in ancient harmonics / Massimo Raffa -- Ancient Greek historiography of science / Leonid Zhmud
Summary	"This book provides a comprehensive overview of the key themes in Greek and Roman science, medicine, mathematics, and technology. A distinguished team of specialists engage with topics including the role of observation and experiment, Presocratic natural philosophy, ancient creationism, and the special style of ancient Greek mathematical texts, while several chapters confront key questions in the philosophy of science such as the relationship between evidence and explanation. The volume will spark renewed discussion about the character of 'ancient' versus 'modern' science, and will broaden readers' understanding of the rich traditions of ancient Greco-Roman natural philosophy, science, medicine, and mathematics"--Page [4] of coner.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-318) and indexes.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Issued in other form	ebook version : 9781316136096
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2023448512
ISBN	9781107092488 hardcover
ISBN	1107092485 hardcover
ISBN	9781107465763 paperback
ISBN	1107465761 paperback

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