Studies In Ancient Technology Volume 1 Bitumen And Petroleum In Antiquity The Origin Of Alchemy Water Supply
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Author |
: A. Mark Pollard |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 80 |
Release |
: 2023-02-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781009207102 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1009207105 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis An Archaeological Perspective on the History of Technology by : A. Mark Pollard
This volume represents an introduction to a new world-wide attempt to review the history of technology, which is one of few since the pioneering publications of the 1960s. It takes an explicit archaeological focus to the study of the history of technology and adopts a more explicit socially-embedded view of technology than has commonly been the case in mainstream histories of technology. In doing so, it attempts to introduce a more radical element to explanations of technological change, involving magic, alchemy, animism - in other words, attempting to consider technological change in terms of the 'world view' of those involved in such change rather than from an exclusively western scientific perspective.
Author |
: Joseph Needham |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 548 |
Release |
: 1974 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521210283 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521210287 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Science and Civilisation in China by : Joseph Needham
Author |
: Robert J. Forbes |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 210 |
Release |
: 1970 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9004006176 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9789004006171 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Short History of the Art of Distillation by : Robert J. Forbes
Author |
: Joseph Needham |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 1390 |
Release |
: 1974 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521085713 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521085717 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Science and Civilisation in China: Spagyrical discovery and invention : magisteries of gold and immortality by : Joseph Needham
Author |
: Joseph Needham |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 832 |
Release |
: 1980-09-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 052108573X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521085731 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (3X Downloads) |
Synopsis Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 4, Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Apparatus, Theories and Gifts by : Joseph Needham
The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of assimilation and presentation, each part bound and published separately. The volume as a whole covers the subjects of alchemy, early chemistry, and chemical technology (which includes military invention, especially gunpowder and rockets; paper and printing; textiles; mining and metallurgy; the salt industry; and ceramics).
Author |
: Joseph Needham |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 616 |
Release |
: 1983-08-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521085748 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521085748 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Synopsis Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 5, Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Physiological Alchemy by : Joseph Needham
The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of assimilation and presentation, each part bound and published separately. The volume as a whole covers the subjects of alchemy, early chemistry, and chemical technology (which includes military invention, especially gunpowder and rockets; paper and printing; textiles; mining and metallurgy; the salt industry; and ceramics).
Author |
: John M. McManamon |
Publisher |
: Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages |
: 640 |
Release |
: 2016-12-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781623494391 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1623494397 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Synopsis Caligula's Barges and the Renaissance Origins of Nautical Archaeology Under Water by : John M. McManamon
Sometime around 1446 A.D., Cardinal Prospero Colonna commissioned engineer Battista Alberti to raise two immense Roman vessels from the bottom of the lago di Nemi, just south of Rome. By that time, local fishermen had been fouling their nets and occasionally recovering stray objects from the sunken ships for 800 years. Having no idea of the size of the objects he was attempting to recover, Alberti failed. For most of the next 500 years, various attempts were made to recover the vessels. Finally, in 1928, Mussolini ordered the draining of the lake to remove the vessels and place them on the lake shore. In 1944, the ships burned in a fire that was generally blamed on the Germans. John M. McManamon connects these attempts at underwater archaeology with the Renaissance interest in reconstructing the past in order to affect the present. Nautical and marine archaeologists, as well as students and scholars of Renaissance history and historiography, will appreciate this masterfully researched and gracefully written work.
Author |
: Joseph Needham |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 544 |
Release |
: 1976 |
ISBN-10 |
: UVA:X001618158 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Science and Civilisation in China, Part 3, Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin by : Joseph Needham
For contents, see Author Catalog.
Author |
: Joseph Needham |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 1190 |
Release |
: 1971 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521070600 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521070607 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis Science and Civilisation in China by : Joseph Needham
Author |
: Yaron Z. Eliav |
Publisher |
: Princeton University Press |
Total Pages |
: 392 |
Release |
: 2023-05-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780691243443 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0691243441 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Jew in the Roman Bathhouse by : Yaron Z. Eliav
A provocative account of Jewish encounters with the public baths of ancient Rome Public bathhouses embodied the Roman way of life, from food and fashion to sculpture and sports. The most popular institution of the ancient Mediterranean world, the baths drew people of all backgrounds. They were places suffused with nudity, sex, and magic. A Jew in the Roman Bathhouse reveals how Jews navigated this space with ease and confidence, engaging with Roman bath culture rather than avoiding it. In this landmark interdisciplinary work of cultural history, Yaron Eliav uses the Roman bathhouse as a social laboratory to reexamine how Jews interacted with Graeco-Roman culture. He reconstructs their thoughts, feelings, and beliefs about the baths and the activities that took place there, documenting their pleasures as well as their anxieties and concerns. Archaeologists have excavated hundreds of bathhouse facilities across the Mediterranean. Graeco-Roman writers mention the bathhouse frequently, and rabbinic literature contains hundreds of references to the baths. Eliav draws on the archaeological and literary record to offer fresh perspectives on the Jews of antiquity, developing a new model for the ways smaller and often weaker groups interact with large, dominant cultures. A compelling and richly evocative work of scholarship, A Jew in the Roman Bathhouse challenges us to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Graeco-Roman society, shedding new light on how cross-cultural engagement shaped Western civilization.