[PDF] Greek And Roman Technology eBook

Author : Andrew N. Sherwood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 35,27 MB
Release : 2003-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1134926219

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In this volume the authors translate and annotate key passages from ancient authors to provide a history and an analysis of the origins and development of technology. Among the topics covered are: * energy * basic mechanical devices * agriculture * food processing and diet * mining and metallurgy * construction and hydraulic engineering * household industry * transport and trade * military technology. The sourcebook presents 150 ancient authors and a diverse range of literary genres, such as, the encyclopedic Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder, the poetry of Homer and Hesiod, the philosophy of Plato, Aristotle and Lucretius and the agricultural treatise of Varro. Humphrey, Oleson and Sherwood provide a comprehensive and accessible collection of rich and varied sources to illustrate and elucidate the beginnings of technology. Glossaries of technological terminology, indices of authors and subjects, introductions outlining the general significance of the evidence, notes to explain the specific details, and a recent bibliography make this volume a valuable research and teaching tool.

Author : Andrew N. Sherwood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 49,17 MB
Release : 2003-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1134926200

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In this volume the authors translate and annotate key passages from ancient authors to provide a history and an analysis of the origins and development of technology. Among the topics covered are: * energy * basic mechanical devices * agriculture * food processing and diet * mining and metallurgy * construction and hydraulic engineering * household industry * transport and trade * military technology. The sourcebook presents 150 ancient authors and a diverse range of literary genres, such as, the encyclopedic Natural Histories of Pliny the Elder, the poetry of Homer and Hesiod, the philosophy of Plato, Aristotle and Lucretius and the agricultural treatise of Varro. Humphrey, Oleson and Sherwood provide a comprehensive and accessible collection of rich and varied sources to illustrate and elucidate the beginnings of technology. Glossaries of technological terminology, indices of authors and subjects, introductions outlining the general significance of the evidence, notes to explain the specific details, and a recent bibliography make this volume a valuable research and teaching tool.

Author : S. Cuomo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 31,48 MB
Release : 2007-08-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0521810736

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This book uses five case-studies to set ancient technical knowledge in its political, social and intellectual context.

Author : Georgia L. Irby
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1111 pages
File Size : 37,36 MB
Release : 2019-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1119100704

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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

Author : John Peter Oleson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 11,68 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0199734852

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Nearly every aspect of daily life in the Mediterranean world and Europe during the florescence of the Greek and Roman cultures is relevant to engineering and technology. This text highlights the accomplishments of the ancient societies, the research problems, and stimulates further progress in the history of ancient technology.

Author : Liba Taub
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 45,3 MB
Release : 2020-01-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1107092485

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Provides a broad framework for engaging with ideas relevant to ancient Greek and Roman science, medicine and technology.

Author : John Gray Landels
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,30 MB
Release : 1978-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780520034297

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The Greeks and Romans were considerable engineers. They made many remarkable machines, which where not betttered until the Industrial Revolution. Landels shows how these machines were developed and made. He draws together evidence from archaeological discoveries and from literary sources.

Author : Adrienne Mayor
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 19,12 MB
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 0691202265

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Traces the story of how ancient cultures envisioned artificial life, automata, self-moving devices and human enhancements, sharing insights into how the mythologies of the past related to and shaped ancient machine innovations.

Author : Andrew N. Sherwood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 840 pages
File Size : 14,37 MB
Release : 2019-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1317402405

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In this new edition of Greek and Roman Technology, the authors translate and annotate key passages from ancient texts to provide a history and analysis of the origins and development of technology in the classical world. Sherwood and Nikolic, with Humphrey and Oleson, provide a comprehensive and accessible collection of rich and varied sources to illustrate and elucidate the beginnings of technology. Among the topics covered are energy, basic mechanical devices, hydraulic engineering, household industry, medicine and health, transport and trade, and military technology. This fully revised Sourcebook collects more than 1,300 passages from over 200 ancient sources and a diverse range of literary genres, such as the encyclopaedic Natural History of Pliny the Elder, the poetry of Homer and Hesiod, the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and Lucretius, the agricultural treatises of Varro, Columella, and Cato, the military texts of Philo of Byzantium and Aeneas Tacticus, as well as the medical texts of Galen, Celsus, and the Hippocratic Corpus. Almost 100 line drawings, indexes of authors and subjects, introductions outlining the general significance of the evidence, notes to explain the specific details, and current bibliographies are included. This new and revised edition of Greek and Roman Technology will remain an important and vital resource for students of technology in the ancient world, as well as those studying the impact of technological change on classical society.