Science in the Early Roman Empire

Pliny the Elder, His Sources and Influence

Roger French, Frank Greenaway (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

300 Seiten

2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-76116-9 (ISBN)

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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. Its subsequent influence was enormous, remaining the most comprehensive scientific encyclopaedia even until the Renaissance. The chapters 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 chapters consider the response in the Renaissance to his work.

Roger French and Frank Greenaway

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

Erscheinungsdatum	10.07.2024
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Library Editions: The Ancient World
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	720 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-032-76116-4 / 1032761164
ISBN-13	978-1-032-76116-9 / 9781032761169
Zustand	Neuware