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Title:

The Cambridge history of science : Ancient Science. Volume 1.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018-

Description:

volumes <1-> ; 24 cm

Subject:

Science--History
Social sciences--History.
Science
Social sciences
History.

Other Authors:

Jones, Alexander, editor.
Taub, Liba Chaia, 1954- editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Index. List of illustrations -- Notes on contributors -- General editors' preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Mesopotamia. Chinese astronomy in the early imperial age: A brief outline / Christopher Cullen -- Babylonian medicine as a discipline / Markham J. Geller -- Mesopotamian mathematics / Jens H&#xFFFD;ryrup -- Babylonian and Assyrian astral science / John M. Steele -- Part II: Egypt. The cultural context of (mathematical) experts in Ancient Egypt / Annette Imhausen -- Egyptian medicine / John Nunn -- Egyptian calendars and astronomy / Rolf Krauss -- Egyptian mathematics / Jens H&#xFFFD;yrup -- Part III: Greek and Greco-Roman. Physical and cosmological thought before Aristotle / Daniel W. Graham -- Aristotle: An overview / Andrea Falcon -- Aristotle's physical theory / Eric Lewis -- Aristotle and the origins of zoology / James G. Lennox -- Botany / Laurence Totelin -- Science after Aristotle: Hellenistic and Roman science / Liba Taub -- Late antiquity: Science in the philosophical schools / Miira Tuominen -- Medicine in early and classical Greece / Philip van der Eijk -- Hellenistic and Roman medicine / Vivian Nutton -- Greek mathematics / Nathan Sidoli -- Greco-Roman astronomy and astrology / Alexander Jones -- Greek and Greco-Roman geography / Klaus Geus -- Greek optics / A. Mark Smith -- Harmonics / Andrew Barker -- Greek mechanics / Serafina Cuomo -- Greco-Egyptian alchemy / Cristina Viano -- Part IV: India. Astronomy and astrology in India / Kim Plofker -- Mathematics in early India (1000 BCE- 1000 CE) / Clemency Montelle -- Indian medicine and ayurveda / Philipp A. Maas -- Part V: China. Mathematical knowledge and practices from early imperial China until the Tang dynasty / Karine Chemla -- Medicine and healing in Han China / Vivienne Lo -- Chinese astronomy in the early imperial age: A brief outline / Christopher Cullen -- Index.

ISBN:

0521571626
9780521571623

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1031048113

LCCN:

2018016122

Locations:

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)