The Unknown Technology in Homer

The astonishing accounts of almost modern technological achievements found in the Homeric Epics constitute one of the so-called Homeric Issues. The question is whether such achievements existed in reality or whether they were just poetic conceptions. Both views have their followers and adversaries....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Paipetis, S. A. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edición:1st ed. 2010.
Colección:History of Mechanism and Machine Science, 9
Temas:
Engineering design.
Science-History.
Materials science.
Building materials.
Engineering Design.
History of Science.
Materials Science.
Structural Materials.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Homer and the Homeric Epics
  • Troy and the Mythological Causes of the War
  • Achilles and the M?nis
  • The Siege and Fall of Troy
  • Odysseus' Long Way Home
  • Trojan War and Cultural Tradition
  • Scientific Knowledge in the Homeric Epics
  • On Science and Technology
  • Principles of Natural Science
  • Chariot Racing and the Laws of Curvilinear Motion
  • Creep in Wood
  • Hydrodynamics of Vortices and the Gravitational Sling
  • Automation and Artificial Intelligence
  • The Forge of Hephaestus
  • The Robots of Hephaestus
  • The Ships of the Phaeacians and the UAVs
  • Defensive Weapons in the Epics
  • Structural Materials and Analytical Processes
  • The Shield of Achilles
  • The Shield of Ajax
  • More Defensive Weapons
  • Further Issues
  • The Trojan Horse
  • Mycenaean Building
  • The Miraculous Homeric Meter.

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