A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome

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A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome brings a fresh perspective to the study of these disciplines in the ancient world, with 60 chapters examining these topics from a variety of critical and technical perspectives. Brings a fresh perspective to the study of science, technology, and medicine in the ancient world, with 60 chapters examining these topics from a variety of critical and technical perspectives Begins coverage in 600 BCE and includes sections on the later Roman Empire and beyond, featuring discussion of the transmission and reception of these ideas into the Renaissance Investigates key disciplines, concepts, and movements in ancient science, technology, and medicine within the historical, cultural, and philosophical contexts of Greek and Roman society Organizes its content in two halves: the first focuses on mathematical and natural sciences; the second focuses on cultural applications and interdisciplinary themes 2 Volumes Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World Title Page Copyright Contributor Biographies Abbreviations Introduction 1. "Science" in Antiquity 2. A Very Brief History of the "History of Greco-Roman Science" 3. The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Greek and Roman Science, Medicine, and Technology 4. Transliterations and Translations 5. Acknowledgments References Part I: Physics and Cosmogony Chapter 1: The Creation and Destruction of the World 1. Introduction 2. Myth and Hesiod 3. The Milesians 4. Heraclitus 5. The Hippocratics 6. Eleatics 7. Empedocles 8. Anaxagoras 9. Leucippus and Democritus10. Plato 11. Aristotle 12. Epicurus and Lucretius 13. Stoics 14. Early Christians 15. Conclusion References Further Reading Notes Chapter 2: Matter 1. Introduction 2. Matter in the Presocratics 3. Socrates and Plato 4. Aristotle 5. Hellenistic Philosophy 6. Neoplatonism 7. Christian Thought 8. Summary References Further Reading Notes Chapter 3: Motion and Energy 1. Introduction 2. Mathematical Mechanics up to Archimedes 3. Philosophical Ideas about Motion 4. Archimedes on Motion 5. Mechanics in the Hellenistic Period 6. Conclusion 3. Euctemon and Meton4. Plato 5. Eudoxus 6. Callippus 7. Aristotle 8. Aristarchus 9. Hipparchus 10. Ptolemy 11. Conclusion References Further Reading Chapter 7: Astrology 1. Astrology as the "Science of the Stars" 2. Formation of Tradition: Mesopotamian Astrology 3. Classical Astrology 4. Astrology in the Roman Empire References Further Reading Chapter 8: Ancient Optics: Theories and Problems of Vision 1. Introduction 2. Four Kinds of Visual Theory 3. Theories of Color 4. Perception of Size, Shape, Contour, and Distance 5. The Science of Mirrors 6. A Grand Synthesis: Ptolemy's Optics7. Postscript References Further Reading Chapter 9: Hydrostatics and Pneumatics in Antiquity 1. Introduction 2. Technology Practical Knowledge in the Frame of Pneumatics 3. Science 4. Accumulation and Network References Further Reading Notes Chapter 10: The Science of Harmonics and Music Theory in Ancient Greece 1. Introduction 2. Organization of Musical Space 3. Pythagoreans and Harmonikoi 4. Aristoxenus 5. The Euclidean Sectio Canonis 6. Later Developments References Further Reading Part III: Earth Sciences