Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science (Volume 6) / / 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, , [2011]
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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Aestimatio ; 6
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
On Philosophy and the Sciences in Antiquity --
Nicolas de Cues. Les écrits mathématiques by J.-M. Nicolle --
Jacopo da Firenze’s Tractatus Algorismi edited by J. Høyrup --
Historical Dictionary of Ancient Greek Philosophy edited by A. Preus --
Pseudo-Aristoteles (Pseudo-Alexander), Supplementa Problematorum edited by S. Kapetanaki and R. W. Sharples --
Galileo’s Glassworks: The Telescope and the Mirror by E. Reeves --
Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance by G. Saliba --
Diogène d’Apollonie edited by A. Laks --
The Libraries of the Neoplatonists edited by C. D’Ancona --
Las tablas alfonsíes de Toledo by J. Chabás and B. R. Goldstein --
Astronomy and Astrology in al-Andalus and the Maghrib by J. Samsó --
Ancient Scepticism by H. Thorsrud --
Askleipios, Medicine, and the Politics of Healing by B. L. Wickkiser --
A Response to Van Egmond on Høyrup, Jacopo da Firenze’s Tractatus Algorismi --
Aristotle on Life edited by J. Mouracade --
Ancient Greek Divination by S. I. Johnston --
Plato’s Ghost: The Modernist Transformation of Mathematics by J. Gray --
The Astronomical Tables of Giovanni Bianchini by J. Chabás and B. R. Goldstein --
La médecine dans l’Antiquité grecque et romaine by H. King and V. Dasen --
The Ancient Commentators on Plato and Aristotle by M.Tuominen --
Essays on David Hume by R. L. Emerson --
The Other Mathematics by L. Depuydt --
Michael Psellos.Kommentar zur Physik des Aristoteles by L. G. Benakis --
From Summetria to Symmetry by G. Hon and B. R. Goldstein --
Aristote au Mont-Saint-Michel by S. Gouguenheim --
Darwin Studies by M. J. S. Hodge --
The Art, Science, and Technology of Medieval Travel edited by R. Bork and A. Kann --
Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists edited by P. T. Keyser and G. Irby-Massie --
La sphère et l’intervalle by A. G.Wersinger --
Tablettes mathématiques de la collection Hilprecht by C. Proust with M. Krebernik and J. Oelsner --
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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:9781463232436
9783111024141
9783110663037
DOI:10.31826/9781463232436
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Tracey E. Rihll, Alan C. Bowen.