Science in the Early Roman Empire (eBook, PDF)

Pliny the Elder, His Sources and Influence
Redaktion: French, Roger; Greenaway, Frank

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The studies collected in Science in the Early Roman Empire (1986) represent key research done on the Elder Pliny - an important and difficult figure whose Natural History forms a valuable compendium at a fixed historical point in time of ancient science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040036686
• Artikelnr.: 72270851

Autorenporträt

Roger French and Frank Greenaway

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Elder Pliny and his Times J. Reynolds 2. The Plint Translation Group
of Germany R.C.A. Rottländer 3. The Structure of Pliny the Elder's Natural
History A. Locher 4. The Perils of Patriotism: Pliny and Roman Medicine V.
Nutton 5. Pharmacy in Pliny's Natural History: Some Observations on
Substances and Sources J. Scarborough 6. Pliny on Plants: His Place in the
History of Botany A.G. Morton 7. Aspects of Pliny's Zoology L. Bodson 8.
Pliny on Mineralogy and Metals J.F. Healy 9. Chemical Tests in Pliny F.
Greenaway 10. Some Astronomical Topics in Pliny G. Pedersen 11. Plinian
Astronomy in the Middle Ages and Renaissance B.S. Eastwood 12. Pliny and
Renaissance Medicine R.K. French