We access Greek and Roman scientific ideas mainly through those texts which happen to survive. By concentrating only on the ideas conveyed, we may limit our und

This book explores how science and mathematics were communicated in antiquity in a wide variety of texts, including poetry, letters and biographies.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Ancient Greece is often considered to be the birthplace of science and medicine, and the explanation of na

Provides a broad framework for engaging with ideas relevant to ancient Greek and Roman science, medicine and technology.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the publi