| Time in Antiquity Contributor(s): Hannah, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415331552 ISBN-13: 9780415331555 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - Science | Time |
| Dewey: 529 |
| LCCN: 2008028377 |
| Series: Sciences of Antiquity |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.08 lbs) 220 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Time in Antiquity offers a detailed survey of the science of time and its measurement in the Greek and Roman worlds, including Babylon and Egypt where many of the first advances were made. Robert Hannah focuses on the physical aspects of time measurement, locating the means of measurement, and the astronomers who developed these mechanisms, within their scientific context for the first time. This is a unique contribution to the understanding of the ancient world and its thinking, and is of interest to classicists, historians of the ancient world and of science, philosophers, and anthropologists. |