Exact Sciences In Greek Antiquity

Author : John G. Dellis,Vassilis Kostopoulos
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-19
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781527536135

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This book consists of 24 papers on ancient Greek science and technology. It covers such areas as mathematics, physics, engineering, astronomical methods and instruments, and environmental issues. A great variety of topics are discussed, including medical care in ancient Olympiads, mathematical concepts in Plato, the concept of the rate of change in various mathematical areas and the concept of symmetry in ancient Greece. Aristotle’s Physics on free falling bodies, world-structure formation and matter according to the Presocratics, acoustic phenomena in archaeological sites, Trojan Horse reconstruction, offensive and defensive weapons in Homer’s epics, and telecommunications in ancient Greece are also some of the issues addressed here. This book will be an important resource to physicists, mathematicians, engineers, archaeologists, historians, and philologists.

Author : Otto Neugebauer
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1969-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0486223329

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The Exact Sciences in Antiquity by Otto Neugebauer Pdf

Based on a series of lectures delivered at Cornell University in the fall of 1949, and since revised, this is the standard non-technical coverage of Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics and astronomy, and their transmission to the Hellenistic world. Entirely modern in its data and conclusions, it reveals the surprising sophistication of certain areas of early science, particularly Babylonian mathematics. After a discussion of the number systems used in the ancient Near East (contrasting the Egyptian method of additive computations with unit fractions and Babylonian place values), Dr. Neugebauer covers Babylonian tables for numerical computation, approximations of the square root of 2 (with implications that the Pythagorean Theorem was known more than a thousand years before Pythagoras), Pythagorean numbers, quadratic equations with two unknowns, special cases of logarithms and various other algebraic and geometric cases. Babylonian strength in algebraic and numerical work reveals a level of mathematical development in many aspects comparable to the mathematics of the early Renaissance in Europe. This is in contrast to the relatively primitive Egyptian mathematics. In the realm of astronomy, too, Dr. Neugebauer describes an unexpected sophistication, which is interpreted less as the result of millennia of observations (as used to be the interpretation) than as a competent mathematical apparatus. The transmission of this early science and its further development in Hellenistic times is also described. An Appendix discusses certain aspects of Greek astronomy and the indebtedness of the Copernican system to Ptolemaic and Islamic methods. Dr. Neugebauer has long enjoyed an international reputation as one of the foremost workers in the area of premodern science. Many of his discoveries have revolutionized earlier understandings. In this volume he presents a non-technical survey, with much material unique on this level, which can be read with great profit by all interested in the history of science or history of culture. 14 plates. 52 figures.

Author : O. Neugebauer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:472209030

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The Exact Sciences in Antiquity by O. Neugebauer Pdf

Author : O. Neugebauer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:472253631

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The Exact Sciences in Antiquity by O. Neugebauer Pdf

Author : Otto 1899- Neugebauer
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1013378075

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The Exact Sciences in Antiquity by Otto 1899- Neugebauer Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Jerry Vardaman,Edwin M. Yamauchi
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0931464501

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Chronos, Kairos, Christos by Jerry Vardaman,Edwin M. Yamauchi Pdf

Author : Dimitrios Konidaris
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 6188490146

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The History of Mathematics and Exact Sciences in Antiquity by Dimitrios Konidaris Pdf

The history of science, especially that of Mathematics, has functioned objectively, that is, regardless of the intentions of historians, in a way that indirectly affects existing patterns, as well as the direction of general developments. It is therefore the dominant narrative about the past that is mainly disseminated to the public. This very narrative is sometimes used to serve aspirations and produce corresponding ideological, cultural as well as ultimately political results, to demolish patterns and promote others. Moreover, the prevailing patterns are forces that act on the spiritual track, influencing developments, of course along with a multitude of other factors. This process, characterized by its results as previously suggested in our introduction, is not considered to be the result of voluntary action by researchers since it usually results from their 'free' personal choice in the context of the interdependencies and influences of our multifactorial world! In archeology, as well as in the study of the history of the Exact Sciences a noisy side is present which, in the context of the search for truth, the promotion of equality and the overcoming of anachronistic anchorages, comes to support and promote the dethronement of elements that have been considered fundamental to Western culture. This is, in particular, the view that supports the dogma of Ex Oriente Lux, that is, that cultural light comes 'necessarily' from the East, regardless of whether the evidence supports such a view nor not. This approach seems to obey the dictates of a political correctness and threatens to undermine independent scientific research.

Author : Otto NEUGEBAUER
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1079079881

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The Exact Sciences in Antiquity. (Second Edition.) [A Reduced Photographic Reprint of the Edition of 1957.]. by Otto NEUGEBAUER Pdf

Author : Patrick Suppes,J. M. E. Moravcsik,Henry Mendell
Publisher : Stanford Univ Center for the Study
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1575862735

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Ancient & Medieval Traditions in the Exact Sciences by Patrick Suppes,J. M. E. Moravcsik,Henry Mendell Pdf

This volume of essays is dedicated to Wilbur Knorr, an outstanding historian of science whose career was cut short much too early. Inspired by Knorr's work, this volume concentrates on the history of ancient mathematics, the associated mathematical sciences, and their medieval and modern tradition. This volume emulates the quality and diverse interests of Knorr's innovative, exact, and far-reaching research. Topics inspired by Knorr include a study of geometric analysis and synthesis in ancient Greece and medieval Islam; examination of Eudoxus as originator for the ideas of proportionality underlying Book V of "Euclid's Elements"; and the extent that Renaissance theorists of linear perspective had access to ancient sources. This book considers the status of Eudoxus's theory of homocentric spheres in Greek astronomy and the examination of the status of in Greek mathematics. A detailed discussion of the geometrical chemistry of Plato's Timaeus and its interpretation in antiquity stems from Knorr's work, and a study of Plato's concept of numbers and its relation to the Theory of Forms. Knorr's varied interests motivate investigation into the representation of numbers in the Latin middle ages, or why we read Arabic numbers backwards, and the history of science in a chronology of the three dynasties in ancient China.

Author : J. Edward Wright Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism University of Arizona
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1999-12-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198029816

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The Early History of Heaven by J. Edward Wright Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism University of Arizona Pdf

When we think of "heaven," we generally conjure up positive, blissful images. Heaven is, after all, where God is and where good people go after death to receive their reward. But how and why did Western cultures come to imagine the heavenly realm in such terms? Why is heaven usually thought to be "up there," far beyond the visible sky? And what is the source of the idea that the post mortem abode of the righteous is in this heavenly realm with God? Seeking to discover the roots of these familiar notions, this volume traces the backgrounds, origin, and development of early Jewish and Christian speculation about the heavenly realm -- where it is, what it looks like, and who its inhabitants are. Wright begins his study with an examination of the beliefs of ancient Israel's neighbors Egypt and Mesopotamia, reconstructing the intellectual context in which the earliest biblical images of heaven arose. A detailed analysis of the Hebrew biblical texts themselves then reveals that the Israelites were deeply influenced by images drawn from the surrounding cultures. Wright goes on to examine Persian and Greco-Roman beliefs, thus setting the stage for his consideration of early Jewish and Christian images, which he shows to have been formed in the struggle to integrate traditional biblical imagery with the newer Hellenistic ideas about the cosmos. In a final chapter Wright offers a brief survey of how later Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions envisioned the heavenly realms. Accessible to a wide range of readers, this provocative book will interest anyone who is curious about the origins of this extraordinarily pervasive and influential idea.

Author : T. E. Rihll
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1999-11-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0199223955

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Greek Science by T. E. Rihll Pdf

Greek Science, first published in 1999, is written for scientists, classicists, historians of science, and anyone with an interest in the beginnings of science. It surveys the range and scope of ancient work on topics now called science, at a lively pace and with colourful examples. It encompasses ancient empirical studies as well as theoretical works, the life sciences and the exact sciences, and is written by one of the foremost authorities on ancient science and technology. No knowledge of Greek, Latin, or ancient history is assumed.

Author : David C. Lindberg
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226482040

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The Beginnings of Western Science by David C. Lindberg Pdf

When it was first published in 1992, The Beginnings of Western Science was lauded as the first successful attempt ever to present a unified account of both ancient and medieval science in a single volume. Chronicling the development of scientific ideas, practices, and institutions from pre-Socratic Greek philosophy to late-Medieval scholasticism, David C. Lindberg surveyed all the most important themes in the history of science, including developments in cosmology, astronomy, mechanics, optics, alchemy, natural history, and medicine. In addition, he offered an illuminating account of the transmission of Greek science to medieval Islam and subsequently to medieval Europe. The Beginnings of Western Science was, and remains, a landmark in the history of science, shaping the way students and scholars understand these critically formative periods of scientific development. It reemerges here in a second edition that includes revisions on nearly every page, as well as several sections that have been completely rewritten. For example, the section on Islamic science has been thoroughly retooled to reveal the magnitude and sophistication of medieval Muslim scientific achievement. And the book now reflects a sharper awareness of the importance of Mesopotamian science for the development of Greek astronomy. In all, the second edition of The Beginnings of Western Science captures the current state of our understanding of more than two millennia of science and promises to continue to inspire both students and general readers.

Author : O (Otto) 1899- Neugebauer
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1013616235

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The Exact Sciences in Antiquty by O (Otto) 1899- Neugebauer Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Reviel Netz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108833844

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A New History of Greek Mathematics by Reviel Netz Pdf

Engaging and comprehensive history of Greek mathematics, with full attention to social contexts and its place in world history.

Author : Paul Turquand Keyser,John Scarborough
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1065 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199734146

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The Oxford Handbook of Science and Medicine in the Classical World by Paul Turquand Keyser,John Scarborough Pdf

With a focus on science in the ancient societies of Greece and Rome, including glimpses into Egypt, Mesopotamia, India and China, 'The Oxford Handbook of Science and Medicine in the Classical World' offers an in depth synthesis of science and medicine circa 650 BCE to 650 CE. 0The Handbook comprises five sections, each with a specific focus on ancient science and medicine. The Handbook provides through each of its approximately four dozen essays, a synthesis and synopsis of the concepts and models of the various ancient natural sciences, covering the early Greek era through the fall of the Roman Republic, including essays that explore topics such as music theory, ancient philosophers, astrology, and alchemy.