Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science (Volume 3) / / ed. by Tracey E. Rihll, Alan C. Bowen.

Aestimatio provides critical, timely assessments of books published in the history of what was called science from antiquity to the early modern period in cultures ranging from Spain to India, and from Africa to northern Europe. The aim is to allow reviewers the opportunity to engage critically both...

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Place / Publishing House:Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2010]
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Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Aestimatio ; 3
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Physical Description:1 online resource (201 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
Myths of the Underworld Journey by R. G. Edmonds III --
In memoriam: Marshall Clagett (1916--2005) --
Ancient Worlds, Modern Reflections by G. E. R. Lloyd --
Pliny the Elder’s Natural History by T. Murphy --
Philosophy in Late Antiquity by A. Smith --
Cuneiform Texts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art edited by I. Spar and W. G. Lambert --
Historia: Empiricism and Erudition in Early Modern Europe edited by G. Pomata and N. G. Siraisi --
Robert Hooke:Tercentennial Studies edited by M. Cooper and M. Hunter --
Aristotle and the Principle of Non-Contradiction by G.Pasquale --
The Heirs of Archimedes edited by B. D. Steele and T. Dorland --
Astronomies and Cultures in Early Medieval Europe by S. C. McCluskey --
Re-Inventions: Essays on Hellenistic and Early Roman Science edited by P. Lang --
Ars/Techne. Il manuale tecnico nelle civiltà greca e romana edited by M. S. Celentano --
Marsilio Ficino: Platonic Theology.Volume 6, Books XVII--XVIII translated by M. J. B. Allen, Latin text edited by J. Hankins with W. Bowen --
Episodes from the Early History of Astronomy by A. Aaboe --
Classics in the History of Greek Mathematics edited by J. Christianidis --
Hebrew Medical Astrology edited by G. Bos, C. Burnett, and T. Langermann --
In memoriam: Asger Hartvig Aaboe (26 April 1922 -- 19 January 2007) --
Reading Plato’s Theaetetus by T. Chappell --
Logistics of Warfare in the Age of the Crusades edited by J. H. Pryor --
Expounding the Mathematical Seed by A. Keller --
Secrets of Nature:Astrology and Alchemy in Early Modern Europe edited by W. R. Newman and A. Grafton --
The Cognitive Structure of Scientific Revolutions by H. Andersen, P. Barker, and X. Chen --
A Brief History of Ancient Astrology by R. Beck --
The Fragments of Anaxagoras by D. Sider --
Ships and Science: The Birth of Naval Architecture in the Scientific Revolution, 1600–1800 by L. D. Ferreiro --
Hippocrates in Context edited by P. J. van der Eijk --
Early Christian Literature: Christ and Culture in the Second and Third Centuries by H. Rhee --
Plato’s Cosmology and its Ethical Dimensions by G. R. Carone --
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Summary:Aestimatio provides critical, timely assessments of books published in the history of what was called science from antiquity to the early modern period in cultures ranging from Spain to India, and from Africa to northern Europe. The aim is to allow reviewers the opportunity to engage critically both the results of research in the history of science and how these results are obtained.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781463231989
9783111024141
9783110663037
DOI:10.31826/9781463231989
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Tracey E. Rihll, Alan C. Bowen.