Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome
Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World: A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome
Editor: Irby, Georgia L.
Publication Year: 2016
Publisher: Wiley
Single-User Purchase Price:
$395.00

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$592.50
ISBN: 978-1-11-837267-8
Category: Science
Image Count:
137
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
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.
This book is found in the following Credo Collections:
Table of Contents
- Contributor Biographies
- Abbreviations
- List of Figures and Maps
- Introduction
- Part I Physics and Cosmogony
- 1 The Creation and Destruction of the World
- 2 Matter
- 3 Motion and Energy
- 4 Nature and the Divine
- Part II The Mathematical Sciences
- 5 Mathematics
- 6 Astronomy
- 7 Astrology
- 8 Ancient Optics: Theories and Problems of Vision
- 9 Hydrostatics and Pneumatics in Antiquity
- 10 The Science of Harmonics and Music Theory in Ancient Greece
- Part III Earth Sciences
- 11 Hydrology: Ocean, Rivers, and Other Waterways
- 12 Classical Geology and the Mines of the Greeks and Romans
- 13 Greco-Egyptian and Byzantine Alchemy
- 14 Meteorology
- 15 Geography
- Part IV Life Sciences
- 16 Greek and Roman Botany
- 17 Zoology
- 18 “Ecology” in the ancient Mediterranean
- 19 The Failure of Evolutionary Thinking in Antiquity
- 20 Embryology
- Part V Healing and the Human Body
- 21 Anatomy and Physiology
- 22 Gynecology
- 23 Surgery
- 24 Physicians and “Schools”
- 25 Pharmacy
- 26 Magic, Curses, and Healing
- 27 Healing Shrines
- 28 Regimen and Athletic Training
- 29 Epidemiology and Pathology
- 30 Psychology and Physiognomics
- 31 Anthropology: Knowledge of Man
- Part VI Food Sciences
- 32 Greek and Roman Agriculture
- 33 Animal Husbandry
- 34 Oil and Wine Production
- 35 Cooking and Baking Technology
- 36 Food Storage Technology
- 37 Culinary and Medicinal Uses of Wine and Olive Oil
- 38 Nutrition
- Part VII Technology of Human Life
- 39 Greek Public and Religious Architecture
- 40 Greek Domestic Architecture
- 41 Greek Interior Decoration: Materials and Technology in the Art of Cosmesis and Display
- 42 Roman Monumental and Public Architecture
- 43 Roman Domestic Architecture
- 44 Roman Interior Design
- 45 Textile Technology
- 46 Urban Infrastructure in the Roman World
- 47 Siegeworks and Fortifications
- 48 Arms and Weapons
- Part VIII Travel
- 49 Greek and Roman Cartography
- 50 Land Transport and Vehicles
- 51 Navigation and the Art of Sailing
- 52 Ships and Boats
- Part IX Telling Time
- 53 Greek Calendars
- 54 Roman Calendars
- 55 Time-Telling Devices
- Part X Synthesis and Response
- 56 The Crossroads of Hellenistic and Sanskrit Science
- 57 Roman Responses to Greek Science and Scholarship as a Cultural and Political Phenomenon
- 58 Scientific Encyclopedias
- 59 Translation and Transmission of Ancient Scientific Texts
- 60 The Reception of Greco-Roman Science in the Renaissance: Assimilation(s), Transformation(s), Rejection, Hybridization