Ancient Greek and Roman science : a very short introduction / Liba Taub.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taub, Liba, 1954- author.

Series:

Very short introductions ; 731.

Very short introductions ; 731

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science, Ancient.

Science--Greece--History.

Science.

Science--Rome--History.

Greece.

Rome (Empire).

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

xxii, 154 pages : illustrations (black and white), map ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2023

Summary:

Questions about the physical world, human bodies and health, and even mathematical problems abounded in ancient Greece and Rome. Then, as now, scientific work was part of broader culture. The answers offered by ancient thinkers were influential for centuries and are still actively discussed today. In this Very Short Introduction, Liba Taub describes ancient scientific ideas and practices, focusing on Greece and Rome between the 8th century BCE and 6th century CE. Her account begins with the epic poets Homer and Hesiod and ends with reflections of modern physicists--back cover.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

List of illustrations

1. Understanding the world

2. Expert poets

3. Inventing nature

4. Those clever Greeks

5. Let no one unskilled in geometry enter

6. A theory of everything

7. Old school ties

8. Roman nature

9. River deep, mountain high

10. Is there scientific progress?

11. Going by the book

or not

12. Beyond antiquity

Note on dates and spelling

References

Further reading

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-143) and index.

ISBN:

9780198736998

0198736991

OCLC:

1373398957