| Science in the Early Roman Empire: Pliny the Elder, His Sources and His Influence Contributor(s): French, Roger (Author), Greenaway, Frank (Author) |
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ISBN: 0389206342 ISBN-13: 9780389206347 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $69.35 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 1986 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | History - History | Ancient - Rome |
| Dewey: 509.37 |
| LCCN: 86007919 |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.52" W x 8.84" (0.97 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The studies collected in this book represent the newest research being done on this important and difficult figure. If Rome is not always regarded as the most natural home for the scientific spirit that seeming rather to characterize Greece particular problems are raised by the effort Pliny had to make to transfer his Greek sources into a Roman form and context. The papers seek to locate Pliny in his social and intellectual milieu, to survey his approach to particular sciences such as astronomy, mineralogy, botany and pharmacopoeia. Two papers consider the response to his work in the Renaissance. |