Pliny the Elder on Science and Technology

Pliny the Elder on Science and Technology
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Publisher : Clarendon Press
Total Pages : 498
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ISBN-10 : 0198146876
ISBN-13 : 9780198146872
Rating : 4/5 (872 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Pliny the Elder on Science and Technology by : John F. Healy

Download or read book Pliny the Elder on Science and Technology written by John F. Healy and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Elder Pliny's Natural History provides a wide-ranging account of human achievement in the arts and sciences in the first century AD. This book re-examines Pliny's work for the first time since the 1920s. Modern experiments, simulating the techniques described by Pliny, and an in-depth study of his development of a technical language, confirm his unique contribution to our knowledge of science in early imperial Rome.


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