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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Olson |
| ISBN: | 9780275989361 0275989364 9780313065231 0313065233 |
| OCLC Number: | 437054072 |
| Description: | x, 262 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | On definitions, approaches, and periodization -- Technologies of computation : mathematics and measurement -- Technologies of communication : written language, educational institutions, and the character of natural knowledge -- From technologies of divination to the science of astronomy -- Calendars, time keeping, and the increasing complexity of astronomy -- Empirical and religious medical practices -- Philosophical medicine, cosmology, and natural philosophy -- Construction technologies : materials, tools, and fixed structures -- Producing and processing food and clothing -- Minerals, metals, pigments, glazes, and the origins of alchemy. |
| Series Title: | Praeger series on the ancient world. |
| Responsibility: | Richard G. Olson. |
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