Liba Taub

Ancient Meteorology (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The first book of its kind in English, Ancient Meteorology discusses Greek and Roman approaches and attitudes to this broad discipline, which in classical antiquity included not only 'weather', but occurrences such as earthquakes and comets that today would be regarded as geological, astronomical or seismological.

The range and diversity of this literature highlights the question of scholarly authority in antiquity and illustrates how writers responded to the meteorological information presented by their literary predecessors.

Ancient Meteorology will be a valuable reference tool for classicists and those with an interest in the history of science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134717743
• Artikelnr.: 47887404

Autorenporträt

Liba Taub

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
A note on the spelling of Greek names and terms
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
1 ANCIENT METEOROLOGY IN GREECE AND ROME: AN INTRODUCTION
2 PREDICTION AND THE ROLE OF TRADITION: ALMANACS AND SIGNS
PARAPE? GMATA AND POEMS
3 EXPLAINING DIFFICULT PHENOMENA
4 METEOROLOGY AS A MEANS TO AN END: PHILOSOPHERS AND POETS
5 AN ENCYCLOPEDIC APPROACH
Notes
Bibliography
Index