The Cambridge history of science.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Jones, Alexander (Editor)
Taub, Liba, 1954- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2018]-
Subjects:
Science > History.
Social sciences > History.
Science.
Social sciences.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:volumes <1-> ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Volume 1. Ancient science. List of illustrations
  • Notes on contributors
  • General editors' preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Mesopotamia. Science and ancient Mesopotamia / Francesca Rochberg
  • Babylonian medicine as a discipline / Markham J. Geller
  • Mesopotamian mathematics / Jens Høryrup
  • Babylonian and Assyrian astral science / John M. Steele
  • Part II: Egypt. The cultural context of (mathematical) experts in Ancient Egypt / Annette Imhausen
  • Egyptian medicine / John Nunn
  • Egyptian calendars and astronomy / Rolf Krauss
  • Egyptian mathematics / Jens Høyrup
  • Part III: Greek and Greco-Roman. Physical and cosmological thought before Aristotle / Daniel W. Graham
  • Aristotle: An overview / Andrea Falcon
  • Aristotle's physical theory / Eric Lewis
  • Aristotle and the origins of zoology / James G. Lennox
  • Botany / Laurence Totelin
  • Science after Aristotle: Hellenistic and Roman science / Liba Taub
  • Late antiquity: Science in the philosophical schools / Miira Tuominen
  • Medicine in early and classical Greece / Philip van der Eijk
  • Hellenistic and Roman medicine / Vivian Nutton
  • Greek mathematics / Nathan Sidoli
  • Greco-Roman astronomy and astrology / Alexander Jones
  • Greek and Greco-Roman geography / Klaus Geus
  • Greek optics / A. Mark Smith
  • Harmonics / Andrew Barker
  • Greek mechanics / Serafina Cuomo
  • Greco-Egyptian alchemy / Cristina Viano
  • Part IV: India. Astronomy and astrology in India / Kim Plofker
  • Mathematics in early India (1000 BCE- 1000 CE) / Clemency Montelle
  • Indian medicine and ayurveda / Philipp A. Maas
  • Part V: China. Mathematical knowledge and practices from early imperial China until the Tang dynasty / Karine Chemla
  • Medicine and healing in Han China / Vivienne Lo
  • Chinese astronomy in the early imperial age: A brief outline / Christopher Cullen
  • Index.