Authority and expertise in ancient scientific culture / edited by Jason König and Greg Woolf.
Authority and expertise in ancient scientific culture / edited by Jason König and Greg Woolf.
Authority and expertise in ancient scientific culture / edited by Jason König and Greg Woolf.
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Publisher
Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Call Numbers
G 2017/1312
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 473 pages ; 26 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
How did ancient scientific and knowledge-ordering writers make their work authoritative? This book answers that question for a wide range of ancient disciplines, from mathematics, medicine, architecture and agriculture, through to law, historiography and philosophy - focusing mainly, but not exclusively, on the literature of the Roman Empire. It dr...
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Authority and expertise in ancient scientific culture / edited by Jason König and Greg Woolf.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
©2017
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G 2017/1312
Record Identifier
74VKVVxA7WPX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVVxA7WPX
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ISBN
1107060060 hardcover
9781107060067 hardcover
DDC
509.38
MMS ID
991024098276002626
