A companion to science, technology, and medicine in ancient Greece and Rome / edited by Georgia L. Irby.
Series: Blackwell companions to the ancient worldPublisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2019Edition: [Enhanced Credo edition]Description: 1 online resource (77 entries) : 137 images ; digital filesContent type:- still image
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Includes bibliographical references.
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.
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.