Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists write by Paul T. Keyser. This book was released on 2008-11-19. Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists is the first comprehensive English language work to provide a survey of all ancient natural science, from its beginnings through the end of Late Antiquity. A team of over 100 of the world’s experts in the field have compiled this Encyclopedia, including entries which are not mentioned in any other reference work – resulting in a unique and hugely ambitious resource which will prove indispensable for anyone seeking the details of the history of ancient science. Additional features include a Glossary, Gazetteer, and Time-Line. The Glossary explains many Greek (or Latin) terms difficult to translate, whilst the Gazetteer describes the many locales from which scientists came. The Time-Line shows the rapid rise in the practice of science in the 5th century BCE and rapid decline after Hadrian, due to the centralization of Roman power, with consequent loss of a context within which science could flourish.
Historical Encyclopedia of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
Historical Encyclopedia of Natural and Mathematical Sciences - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Historical Encyclopedia of Natural and Mathematical Sciences write by Ari Ben-Menahem. This book was released on 2009-03-06. Historical Encyclopedia of Natural and Mathematical Sciences available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This 5,800-page encyclopedia surveys 100 generations of great thinkers, offering more than 2,000 detailed biographies of scientists, engineers, explorers and inventors who left their mark on the history of science and technology. This six-volume masterwork also includes 380 articles summarizing the time-line of ideas in the leading fields of science, technology, mathematics and philosophy.
Science in the Ancient World
Science in the Ancient World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Science in the Ancient World write by Russell M. Lawson. This book was released on 2004-12-15. Science in the Ancient World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Publisher Description
Science in the Early Twentieth Century
Science in the Early Twentieth Century - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Science in the Early Twentieth Century write by Jacob Darwin Hamblin. This book was released on 2005-03-08. Science in the Early Twentieth Century available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This encyclopedia covers a period of enormous scientific discovery. Scientists developed previously unimagined theories, disciplines, and applications: relativity and quantum physics; cultural anthropology; psychoanalysis and behavioral theory; and insulin and antibiotics. Science became the moving force in the world, with effects on all aspects of life and thought. Although most encyclopedias about science treat it in isolation, Science in the Early Twentieth Century details the great scientific advances of this key period and places them firmly within their social context."--BOOK JACKET.
Ancient Botany
Ancient Botany - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ancient Botany write by Gavin Hardy. This book was released on 2015-10-05. Ancient Botany available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Gavin Hardy and Laurence Totelin have brought together their botanical and historical knowledge to produce this unique overview of ancient botany. It examines all the founding texts of botanical science, such as Theophrastus' Enquiry into Plants, Dioscorides' Materia Medica, Pliny the Elder's Natural History, Nicolaus of Damascus' On Plants, and Galen' On Simple Remedies, but also includes lesser known texts ranging from the sixth century BCE to the seventh century CE, as well as some material evidence. The authors adopt a thematic approach rather than a chronological one, considering important issues such as the definition of a plant, nomenclature, classifications, physiology, the link between plants and their environment, and the numerous usages of plants in the ancient world. The book also takes care to place ancient botany in its historical, social and economic context. The authors have explained all technical botanical terms and ancient history notions, and as a result, this work will appeal to historians of ancient science, medicine and technology; classicists; and botanists interested in the history of their discipline.
