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Science and Mathematics in Ancient Greek Culture
Edited by C. J. Tuplin and T. E. Rihll
Lewis Wolpert
396 pages
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8 halftones and numerous figures
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234x156mm
978-0-19-815248-4
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Hardback
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26 September 2002
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- Foreword by Lewis Wolpert, Professor of Biology as Applied to Medicine at University College, London
- Explores the cultural roots of ancient science within ancient society
- Offers new, and sometimes controversial, perspectives on a variety of basic topics within ancient science
Ancient Greece was the birthplace of science, which developed in the Hellenized culture of ancient Rome. This volume locates science within ancient Greek society and culture, investigates its impact upon that society, and identifies it as a cultural phenomenon deserving no less attention than literary or artistic creativity.
Chapters by seventeen international experts examine the role and achievement of science and mathematics in Greek antiquity through discussion of the linguistic, literary, political, religious, sociological, and technological factors which influenced scientific thought
and practice. Greek science was both motivated and constrained by wholly 'unscientific' cultural interests, and by ideas and biases arising from the language and the paradigms of the day. For example, it is here argued that the prediction of eclipses was not a concern of ancient astronomers until after 'non-scientific' authors such as the historian Livy, elaborating on a good story with a moral, suggested that it should be.
Familiar classical authors, such as Homer, Polybius, Cicero, and Pliny are here seen in a new light. Less-studied classical authors, such as Euclid, Hero, Galen, and Ptolemy, are also considered, and attention is drawn to areas where there is potential for new research and where editions and translations are still needed.
Readership: Those interested in Ancient Greek history and culture; historians of mathematics and science
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Edited by C. J. Tuplin, Reader in Ancient History, University of Liverpool, and T. E. Rihll, Lecturer, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Wales, Swansea Lewis WolpertContributors:
Lewis Wolpert, University College, London
T. E. Rihll, University of Wales, Swansea
Andrew Barker, University of Birmingham
J. L. Berggren, Simon Fraser University
Harry M. Hine, University of St Andrews
Alan C. Bowen, Princeton University
R. Hannah, University of
Otago
L. Taub, University of Cambridge
J. J. Coulton, University of Oxford
S. Cuomo, Imperial College, London
J. R. Milton, King's College, London
R. Netz, Stanford University
Edward Hussey, University of Oxford
C. M. Taisbak, formerly of Copenhagen University
V. Nutton, University College, London
Teun Tieleman, Utrecht University
J. V. Tucker, University of Wales, Swansea
C. Anne Wilson, formerly of the University of Leeds
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"... this book provides an accessible insight into a number of different areas ... well-produced volume ... where Greek or Latin texts are given in the original, they are translated. The index is useful and thorough." - The Journal of Classics Teaching "... cutting-edge scholarship on ancient Greek science ... The editors have done a masterful job." - History "... excellent collection ... The collection is made more useful by several features. Footnotes give full bibliographic citations, sparing the reader the need to flip back and forth from an article to the end of the book. But all citations are also gathered in a comprehensive bibliography at the end as well. An index locorum and an extensive
general index further add to the usefulness of the volume. In short, a collection with much to offer to a variety of readers." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review "... fresh insights into how ancient Greeks viewed the world and their place in it." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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Lewis Wolpert: Foreword
1: T. E. Rihll: Introduction: Greek Science in context
2: Andrew Barker: Words for sounds
3: J. L. Berggren: Ptolemy's maps as an introduction to ancient science
4: Harry M. Hine: Seismology and vulcanology in antiquity
5: Alan C. Bowen: The art of the commander and the emergence of predictive astronomy
6: R. Hannah: Euctemon's parapegma
7: L. Taub: Instruments of Alexandrian astronomy: the uses of the equinoctial rings
8: J. J. Coulton: The Dioptra of Heron of Alexandria
9: S. Cuomo: The machine and the city: hero of Alexandria's Belopoecia
10: J. R. Milton: Ancient atomism: promise and failure
11: R. Netz: Greek mathematicians: a group picture
12: Edward Hussey: Aristotle and mathematics
13: C. M. Taisbak: Euclid's Elements 9.14 and the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic
14: V. Nutton: Ancient medicine: Asclepius transformed
15: Teun Tieleman: Galen on the seat of the intellect: anatomical experiment and philosophical tradition
16: T. E. Rihll and J. V. Tucker: Practice makes perfect: processing materials in classical Athens
17: C. Anne Wilson: Distilling, sublimation, and the four elements: the aims and achievements of the earliest Greek chemists
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