Science and Mathematics in Ancient Greek Culture

ISBN-13: 9780198152484 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 400 str.

C. J. Tuplin; T. E. Rihll; Lewis Wolpert

Opis

Ancient Greece was the birthplace of science, which developed in the Hellenized culture of ancient Rome. This book, written by seventeen international experts, examines the role and achievement of science and mathematics in Greek antiquity through discussion of the linguistic, literary, political, religious, sociological, and technological factors which influenced scientific thought and practice.

Recenzje

... fresh insights into how ancient Greeks viewed the world and their place in it.

O autorze

C. J. Tuplin is Reader in Ancient History at the University of Liverpool T. E. Rihll is Lecturer in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Wales, Swansea