Adversaries and Authorities: Investigations Into Ancient Greek and Chinese Science

Did science and philosophy develop differently in ancient Greece and ancient China? If so, can we say why? This book consists of a series of detailed studies of cosmology, natural philosophy, mathematics and medicine that suggest the answer to the first question is yes. To answer the second, the author relates the science produced in each ancient civilization first to the values of the society in question and then to the institutions within which the scientists and philosophers worked.

Author: G. E. R. Lloyd
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/26/1996
Pages: 276
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.48w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780521556958

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