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Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science, Volume 3

Alan C. Bowen and Tracey E. Rihll, editors
Publisher: 
Gorgias Press
Publication Date: 
2006
Number of Pages: 
191
Format: 
Hardcover
Price: 
104.12
ISBN: 
9781611434224
Category: 
Anthology
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  • Contents (page 5)
  • Preface (page 9)
  • Alberto Bernabé on Myths of the Underworld Journey: Plato, Aristophanes, and the “Orphic” Gold Tablets by R.G. Edmonds III (page 11)
  • John Murdoch, In memoriam: Marshall Clagett (1916--2005) (page 24)
  • Philippa Lang on Ancient Worlds, Modern Reflections by G. E. R. Lloyd (page 29)
  • Mary Beagon on Pliny the Elder’s Natural History by T. Murphy (page 41)
  • Sara Ahbel-Rappe on Philosophy in Late Antiquity by A. Smith (page 48)
  • John Steele on Cuneiform Texts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art edited by I. Spar and W. G. Lambert (page 53)
  • Pamela H. Smith on Historia: Empiricism and Erudition in Early Modern Europe edited by G.Pomata and N. G. Siraisi (page 58)
  • Stephen Gaukroger on Robert Hooke: Tercentennial Studies edited by M. Cooper and M. Hunter (page 62)
  • Edward C. Halper on Aristotle and the Principle of Non-Contradiction by G. Pasquale (page 66)
  • Mary M. Thomas on The Heirs of Archimedes edited by B. D. Steele and T. Dorland (page 72)
  • Daryn Lehoux on Astronomies and Cultures in Early Medieval Europe by S. C. McCluskey (page 82)
  • Julie Laskaris on Re-Inventions: Essays on Hellenistic and Early Roman Science edited by P. Lang (page 86)
  • Serafina Cuomo on Ars/Techne. Il manuale tecnico nelle civiltà greca e romana edited by M. S. Celentano (page 91)
  • Daniel B. Gallagher on Marsilio Ficino: Platonic Theology. Volume 6, Books XVII--XVIII translated by MJ. B. Allen, Latin text edited by J. Hankins with W. Bowen (page 108)
  • John P. Britton on Episodes from the Early History of Astronomy by A. Aaboe (page 116)
  • Fabio Acerbi on Classics in the History of Greek Mathematics edited by J. Christianidis (page 118)
  • Mauro Zonta on Hebrew Medical Astrology edited by G. Bos, C. Burnett, and T. Langermann (page 124)
  • John P. Britton In memoriam: Asger Hartvig Aaboe (26 April 1922 -- 19 January 2007) (page 129)
  • Joshua J. Reynolds on Reading Plato’s Theaetetus by T. Chappell (page 133)
  • Barton C. Hacker on Logistics of Warfare in the Age of the Crusades edited by J. H. Pryor (page 142)
  • S. R. Sarma on Expounding the Mathematical Seed by A. Keller (page 153)
  • Cristina Viano on Secrets of Nature:Astrology and Alchemy in Early Modern Europe edited by W. R. Newman and A. Grafton (page 158)
  • Ryan D. Tweney on The Cognitive Structure of Scientific Revolutions by H. Andersen, P. Barker, and X. Chen (page 163)
  • Katharina Volk on A Brief History of Ancient Astrology by R. Beck (page 173)
  • Daniel W. Graham on The Fragments of Anaxagoras by D. Sider (page 177)
  • David McGee on Ships and Science: The Birth of Naval Architecture in the Scientific Revolution, 1600…1800 by L. D. Ferreiro (page 181)
  • Teun Tieleman on Hippocrates in Context edited by P. J. van der Eijk (page 186)
  • Joel Walker on Early Christian Literature: Christ and Culture in the Second and Third Centuries by H. Rhee (page 188)
  • Donald J. Zeyl on Plato’s Cosmology and its Ethical Dimensions by G. R. Carone (page 192)
  • Books Received (page 199)