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Item Information       Table of Contents     More Content     More by this author     Olson, Richard, 1940-     Subjects     Civilization, Ancient.     Technology and civilization.     Science and civilization.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Olson, Richard, 1940-       by title:      Technology and scien...       by call number:      930.1 O52t     Search the Web     Olson, Richard, 1940-     Civilization, Ancient.     Technology and civilization.     Science and civilization.       MARC Display

Technology and science in ancient civilizations / Richard G. Olson. by Olson, Richard, 1940- Praeger, c2010. Call #: 930.1 O52t Subjects Civilization, Ancient.   Technology and civilization.   Science and civilization. Series Praeger series on the ancient world ISBN:  9780275989361 (Cloth) 0275989364 (Cloth) Description:  x, 262 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-249) and index. Contents:  Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Series Foreword by Bella Vivante -- Acknowledgments -- 1. On Definitions, Approaches, and Periodization -- 2. Technologies of Computation: Mathematics and Measurement -- 3. Technologies of Communication: Written Language, Educational Institutions, and the Character of Natural Knowledge -- 4. From Technologies of Divination to the Science of Astronomy -- 5. Calendars, Time Keeping, and the Increasing Complexity of Astronomy -- 6. Empirical and Religious Medical Practices -- 7. Philosophical Medicine, Cosmology, and Natural Philosophy -- 8. Construction Technologies: Materials, Tools, and Fixed Structures -- 9. Producing and Processing Food and Clothing -- 10. Minerals, Metals, Pigments, Glazes, and the Origins of Alchemy. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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