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Science in the Early Roman Empire: Pliny the Elder, His Sources and Influence book cover

1st Edition

Science in the Early Roman Empire Pliny the Elder, His Sources and Influence

Edited By Roger French, Frank Greenaway Copyright 1986
304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge
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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... Read more

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

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