Irby-Massie, Georgia L. (Editor)
John Wiley & Sons
Blackwell companions to the ancient world
Publication date: 2016
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. Brings a fresh perspective to the study of science, technology, and medicine in the ancient world, with 60 chapters examining these topics from a variety of critical and technical perspectives Begins coverage in 600 BCE and includes sections on the later Roman Empire and beyond, featuring discussion of the transmission and reception of these ideas into the Renaissance Investigates key disciplines, concepts, and movements in ancient science, technology, and medicine within the historical, cultural, and philosophical contexts of Greek and Roman society Organizes its content in two halves: the first focuses on mathematical and natural sciences; the second focuses on cultural applications and interdisciplinary themes
...MoreChapter Katerina Oikonomopoulou (2016) Scientific Encyclopedias. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 973-987).
Chapter Andrew D. Gregory (2016) Astronomy. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 96-113).
Chapter Liba Taub (2016) Meteorology. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 232-246).
Chapter Sarah Lepinski (2016) Roman Interior Design. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 730-746).
Chapter Georgia Petridou (2016) Healing Shrines. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 434-449).
Chapter James Wilberding (2016) Embryology. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 329-342).
Chapter Tiberiu Popa (2016) Zoology. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 281-295).
Chapter Raffaele D’Amato (2016) Siegeworks and Fortifications. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 784-800).
Chapter Molly Jones-Lewis (2016) Physicians and “Schools”. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 386-401).
Chapter Roberto Lo Presti (2016) The Reception of Greco-Roman Science in the Renaissance: Assimilation(s), Transformation(s), Rejection, Hybridization. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 1009-1022).
Chapter Daniel W. Graham (2016) Matter. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 29-42).
Chapter Arnaud Zucker (2016) Psychology and Physiognomics. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 483-499).
Chapter Georgia L. Irby (2016) Navigation and the Art of Sailing. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 854-869).
Chapter Kocku von Stuckrad (2016) Astrology. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 114-129).
Chapter Philip Thibodeau (2016) Ancient Optics: Theories and Problems of Vision. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 130-144).
Chapter Georges Raepsaet (2016) Land Transport and Vehicles. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 836-853).
Chapter Georgia L. Irby (2016) Hydrology: Ocean, Rivers, and Other Waterways. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 179-196).
Chapter Jean De Groot (2016) Motion and Energy. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 43-59).
Chapter Andrew D. Gregory (2016) The Creation and Destruction of the World. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 11-28).
Chapter Frédéric Le Blay (2016) Surgery. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 371-385).
Chapter Georgia L. Irby; Robin McCall; Anita Radini (2016) “Ecology” in the ancient Mediterranean. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 296-312).
Chapter Raffaele D’Amato (2016) Arms and Weapons. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 801-816).
Chapter Rafael Frankel (2016) Oil and Wine Production. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 550-569).
Chapter Reviel Netz (2016) Mathematics. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 77-95).
Chapter Hariclia Brecoulaki (2016) Greek Interior Decoration: Materials and Technology in the Art of Cosmesis and Display. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 672-692).
Chapter John F. Donahue (2016) Nutrition. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 618-631).
Chapter Andrew D. Gregory (2016) Magic, Curses, and Healing. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 418-433).
Chapter Robert Hannah (2016) Time-Telling Devices. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 923-939).
Chapter Julius Rocca (2016) Anatomy and Physiology. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 343-359).
Chapter Tejas S. Aralere (2016) The Crossroads of Hellenistic and Sanskrit Science. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 941-957).
Chapter Lauren Caldwell (2016) Gynecology. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 360-370).
Chapter Robert Hannah (2016) Roman Calendars. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 906-922).
Chapter John Paulas (2016) Cooking and Baking Technology. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 540-586).
Chapter Sophie Gibson (2016) The Science of Harmonics and Music Theory in Ancient Greece. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 161-178).
Chapter Duane W. Roller (2016) Geography. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 247-262).
Chapter Georgia L. Irby (2016) Greek and Roman Cartography. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 817-835).
Chapter John F. Donahue (2016) Culinary and Medicinal Uses of Wine and Olive Oil. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 605-617).
Chapter Jason König (2016) Regimen and Athletic Training. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 450-464).
Chapter Georgia L. Irby (2016) Major Scientific, Technical, and Medical Writers and Thinkers of Ancient Greece and Rome. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 1023-1028).
Chapter Ellen Harlizius-Klück (2016) Textile Technology. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 747-767).
Chapter Bradley A. Ault (2016) Greek Domestic Architecture. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 656-671).
Chapter Matteo Valleriani (2016) Hydrostatics and Pneumatics in Antiquity. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 145-160).
Chapter M. Eleanor Irwin (2016) Greek and Roman Botany. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 263-280).
Chapter Svetla Slaveva-Griffin (2016) Nature and the Divine. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 60-75).
Chapter John R. Senseney (2016) Greek Public and Religious Architecture. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 633-655).
Chapter Kenneth F. Kitchell (2016) Animal Husbandry. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 533-549).
Chapter Georgia L. Irby (2016) Introduction. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 1-9).
Chapter Molly Jones-Lewis (2016) Pharmacy. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 402-417).
Chapter Devin Henry (2016) The Failure of Evolutionary Thinking in Antiquity. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 313-382).
Chapter Sonja Brentjes (2016) Translation and Transmission of Ancient Scientific Texts. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 988-1008).
Chapter Nathalie de Haan (2016) Roman Domestic Architecture. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 711-729).
Chapter Paul T. Craddock (2016) Classical Geology and the Mines of the Greeks and Romans. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 197-216).
Chapter Thorsten Fögen (2016) Roman Responses to Greek Science and Scholarship as a Cultural and Political Phenomenon. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 958-972).
Chapter Matteo Martelli (2016) Greco-Egyptian and Byzantine Alchemy. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 217-231).
Chapter Efthymia Nikita; Anna Lagia; Sevi Triantaphyllou (2016) Epidemiology and Pathology. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 465-482).
Chapter Julian Whitewright (2016) Ships and Boats. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 870-888).
Chapter Laura Gawlinski (2016) Greek Calendars. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 889-905).
Chapter Philip Thibodeau (2016) Greek and Roman Agriculture. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 517-532).
Chapter Klaus Grewe (2016) Urban Infrastructure in the Roman World. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 768-783).
Chapter Gordon Campbell (2016) Anthropology: Knowledge of Man. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 500-515).
Chapter Duane W. Roller (2016) Roman Monumental and Public Architecture. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 693-710).
Chapter Robert I. Curtis (2016) Food Storage Technology. In: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome (pp. 587-604).
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