Authority and Expertise in Ancient Scientific Culture |
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| Editor:
| König, Jason
Woolf, Greg |
| ISBN: | 978-1-107-06006-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2017 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $163.00 |
Book Description:
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How did ancient scientific and knowledge-ordering writers make their work authoritative? This volume answers that question for a wide range of ancient disciplines, from mathematics and medicine through to law, historiography and philosophy - focusing mainly, but not exclusively, on the literature of the Roman Empire.
How did ancient scientific and knowledge-ordering writers make their work authoritative? This volume answers that question for a wide range of ancient disciplines, from mathematics and medicine through to law, historiography and philosophy - focusing mainly, but not exclusively, on the literature of the Roman Empire.