The Cambridge companion to ancient Greek and Roman science / edited by Liba Taub. [electronic resour...
The Cambridge companion to ancient Greek and Roman science / edited by Liba Taub. [electronic resour...
The Cambridge companion to ancient Greek and Roman science / edited by Liba Taub. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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English
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1 online resource (ix, 344 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
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...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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England
Date Published
2020.
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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...
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The Cambridge companion to ancient Greek and Roman science / edited by Liba Taub. [electronic resource]
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BOOK
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74VKaDx3vxWX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaDx3vxWX
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ISBN
1-316-13609-4
1-108-85105-3
1-108-85069-3
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509.37
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991024301407502626
