Anchoring Science and Technology in Greco-Roman Antiquity /

Anchoring Science and Technology in Greco-Roman Antiquity /

This collection of essays explores processes of innovation in Greco-Roman technology and science. It uses the concept of 'anchoring' to investigate the microhistories of technological and scientific practices and ideas. The volume combines broad, theoretical essays with more targeted case...

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Other Authors: Flohr, Miko (Editor), Mols, Stephan (Editor), Tieleman, Teun (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.

Series: Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024.
Euhormos: Greco-Roman Studies in Anchoring Innovation ; 7.

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Ancient Science & Medicine.
Classical Studies.
Greek & Latin Literature.

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Call Number: Z6207.G7 DE3

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • List of Figures
  • 1 Anchoring, Science and Technology in Greco-Roman Antiquity-an Introduction
  •   Miko Flohr, Teun Tieleman, and Stephan Mols
  • Part 1: Anchoring
  • 2 How the Romans Conceived their Roads: Inner Experience in the Anchoring of Technological Innovation
  •   James W. McAllister
  • 3 Anchoring Innovation as a Form of Social Construction of Technology
  •   Wiebe E. Bijker
  • 4 Beyond Innovation: Early Modern European Technological Values
  •   Lorraine Daston
  • 5 Ancient Greek Doors and Their Humans
  •   Ineke Sluiter
  • Part 2: Innovation
  • 6 The Reinforcement System of the Theban Treasury in Delphi
  •   Jean Vanden Broeck-Parant
  • 7 From Ashlar to Brick: Anchoring and Innovation in Roman Building Practice
  •   Miko Flohr
  • 8 Tiberius and the Threat of Innovation
  •   Serena Connolly
  • 9 Functional Innovation in Bookcraft in Roman Egypt
  •   Mark de Kreij
  • Part 3: Technology
  • 10 Anchoring, Innovation, and Ancient Near Eastern Technology
  •   Jill L. Baker
  • 11 From Hand-Bow to Torsion Artillery Devices: Technological Innovation and the Human Factor
  •   Maria Gerolemou
  • 12 Risky Business: Anchoring Blown Glass and Terra Sigillata Production in the Face of Risk
  •   Anna Soifer
  • 13 Models and Modeling in Roman Technology
  •   Rabun Taylor
  • 14 Of Myths and Machines: Anchoring Technology in Mythology in Imperial Rome
  •   Michiel Meeusen
  • Part 4: Science
  • 15 Authorizing Prognosis in Prometheus Bound
  •   Marianne Govers Hopman
  • 16 Anchoring in tekhnê. Weaving and Plato's Distinction of Pure and Applied Knowledge
  •   Giovanni Fanfani, Ellen Harlizius-Klück, and Annapurna Mamidipudi
  • 17 Cultural and Cognitive Anchoring in Hero of Alexandria's Metrica
  •   Courtney Roby
  • 18 Galen's Use of Hippocrates as an Anchor for Medical Innovation
  •   Teun Tieleman
  • Index.