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Greek Science In Antiquity.
In this volume I have attempted to give especial and marked attention to the fate of Greek science in late antiquity. Elementary texts in the past have long ignored this aspect of Greek science. The importance of the course of Greek science in late antiquity is evident, for it was during this period...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Francisco :
Hauraki Publishing,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; DEDICATION; PREFACE; ILLUSTRATIONS; PART I-THE ORIGINS OF SCIENCE IN ANTIQUITY; CHAPTER ONE-Science in Egypt and Mesopotamia; CHAPTER TWO-Greek Science: Origins and Methods; CHAPTER THREE-Science and Early Natural Philosophy; CHAPTER FOUR-Greek Medicine and Biology; CHAPTER FIVE-Greek Mathematics; CHAPTER SIX-Greek Physics; CHAPTER SEVEN-Greek Astronomy; CHAPTER EIGHT-Roman Science; PART II-SCIENCE IN LATE ANTIQUITY; CHAPTER NINE-Science and Spiritual Forces in Late Antiquity; CHAPTER TEN-Science and Patristic Literature; CHAPTER ELEVEN-Latin Science in Late Antiquity.
- CHAPTER TWELVE-Latin Science in the Early Middle AgesCHAPTER THIRTEEN-Greek Science in the Age of Justinian; CHAPTER FOURTEEN-In the End the Beginning; APPENDIX I-ARCHIMEDES AND THE QUADRATURE OF THE CIRCLE; APPENDIX II-ARCHIMEDES AND THE APPLICATION OF MECHANICS TO GEOMETRY; APPENDIX III-APOLLONIUS OF PERGA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONIC SECTIONS; APPENDIX IV-ARCHIMEDES' PROOF OF THE LAW OF THE LEVER; APPENDIX V-EQUIVALENCE OF EPICYCLE AND ECCENTRIC MOVEMENTS FOR THE SUN; APPENDIX VI-THE MOVEMENTS OF THE PLANETS AND THE MOON ACCORDING TO PTOLEMY; APPENDIX VII-PTOLEMY'S TABLE OF CHORD LENGTHS.