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Sciences of Antiquity: Time in Antiquity

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  • 220 páginas
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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.

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Sciences of Antiquity: Time in Antiquity, Robert Hannah

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Título
Sciences of Antiquity: Time in Antiquity
Idioma
Inglés
Editorial
Routledge
Publicado en
2009
Formato
Tapa blanda
Páginas
220
ISBN10
0415331560
ISBN13
9780415331562
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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.