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Liba Taub gives an overview of the major developments in early science between the 8th century BC and 6th century AD. Focussing on Greece and Rome, she discusses the key thinkers and their theories, and traces the evolution of ideas concerning the natural world and its operation, and considers the influence these ideas have had on later centuries.
Liba Taub gives an overview of the major developments in early science between the 8th century BC and 6th century AD. Focussing on Greece and Rome, she discusses the key thinkers and their theories, and traces the evolution of ideas concerning the natural world and its operation, and considers the influence these ideas have had on later centuries.
Über den Autor
Liba Taub is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, in the Department of the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, and Director and Curator of the Whipple Museum of the History of [...] is a Fellow of Newnham College. Her books include The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Science (2020); The Cambridge History of Science, vol. 1: Ancient Science (2018), co-edited with Alexander Jones; and Science Writing in Greco-Roman Antiquity (2017).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Introduction
- 1: Expert poets
- 2: Inventing nature
- 3: Those clever Greeks
- 4: Let no one unskilled in geometry enter here
- 5: A theory of everything
- 6: Old school ties
- 7: Roman Natura
- 8: How high the moon? River Deep Mountain High
- 9: Is there scientific progress?
- 10: Going by the book - or not
- 11: Beyond antiquity
- Ancient Science timeline
- Further Reading
- Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
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Genre: | Geschichte |
Jahrhundert: | Altertum |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Reihe: | Very Short Introductions |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780198736998 |
ISBN-10: | 0198736991 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Taub, Liba |
Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
Abbildungen: | 17 black and white images |
Maße: | 172 x 113 x 20 mm |
Von/Mit: | Liba Taub |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 25.05.2023 |
Gewicht: | 0,151 kg |
Über den Autor
Liba Taub is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, in the Department of the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, and Director and Curator of the Whipple Museum of the History of [...] is a Fellow of Newnham College. Her books include The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Science (2020); The Cambridge History of Science, vol. 1: Ancient Science (2018), co-edited with Alexander Jones; and Science Writing in Greco-Roman Antiquity (2017).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Introduction
- 1: Expert poets
- 2: Inventing nature
- 3: Those clever Greeks
- 4: Let no one unskilled in geometry enter here
- 5: A theory of everything
- 6: Old school ties
- 7: Roman Natura
- 8: How high the moon? River Deep Mountain High
- 9: Is there scientific progress?
- 10: Going by the book - or not
- 11: Beyond antiquity
- Ancient Science timeline
- Further Reading
- Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
---|---|
Genre: | Geschichte |
Jahrhundert: | Altertum |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Reihe: | Very Short Introductions |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780198736998 |
ISBN-10: | 0198736991 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Taub, Liba |
Hersteller: | Oxford University Press |
Abbildungen: | 17 black and white images |
Maße: | 172 x 113 x 20 mm |
Von/Mit: | Liba Taub |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 25.05.2023 |
Gewicht: | 0,151 kg |
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