古代自然科学者人名事典 Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists : The Greek Tradition and its Many Heirs

Keyser, Paul T. (EDT)/ Irby-Massie, Georgia L. (EDT)

Routledge（2011/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 1062 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780415692632
• DDC分類 509.2238

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2009. This is the first comprehensive English language work to assemble information covering all Greek and Latin natural science. A team of over 100 of the world's experts in the field have compiled almost 1600 entries - 244 of those describing figures that are not mentioned in any other reference work.

Full Description

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.

Contents

List of Illustrations Introduction Note to Users Entries A-Z Gazetteer Glossary Timeline Topics Indices