Writing Science : Medical and Mathematical Authorship in Ancient Greece.

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Scientific and technological texts have not played a significant role in modern literary criticism. This collection, focusing mostly on medical and mathematical texts from ancient Greece, aims at approaching ancient Greek science from the cross-disciplinary perspective of authorship. Among the quest...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Asper, Markus
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : De Gruyter, 2013.
Colección:Science, technology, and medicine in ancient cultures.
Temas:
Science > Greece > History.
Mathematics, Greek.
Medicine, Greek and Roman.
Sciences > Grèce > Histoire.
Mathématiques grecques.
Médecine grecque et romaine.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
Mathematics, Greek
Medicine, Greek and Roman
Science
Greece
Greek Literature.
History of Science.
Rhetoric.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Scientific and technological texts have not played a significant role in modern literary criticism. This collection, focusing mostly on medical and mathematical texts from ancient Greece, aims at approaching ancient Greek science from the cross-disciplinary perspective of authorship. Among the questions addressed are: How does scientific writing differ from 'literary' writing? In what ways does the author present himself as an authoritative figure? In addition to offering a new approach to this vast area of ancient literature, this collection reflects on the forms of scientific and scholarly c.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (512 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9783110295122
3110295121
3110295059
9783110295054

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