The Biographical Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Sciences
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: July 31, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780415340205
Subjects: History; Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome; History / Ancient / General
Description: This is the first comprehensive English language work to assemble information covering all Greek and Latin natural science, from its beginnings with Thales through the end of the Late Antiquity with Isidore of Seville and Paulos of Aigina.nbsp;nbsp;A team of over 100 of the world's experts in the field have compiled almost 1600 entries - 244 of those describingnbsp;figures that are not mentioned in any other reference work - resulting in a unique and hugely ambitious resource which will prove indispensable for anyone seeking the details of the history of ancient science.