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Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science (Volume 1) / ed. by Tracey E. Rihll, Alan C. Bowen.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Aestimatio ; 1Publisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (182 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781607246176
  • 9781463221706
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Lengths, Widths, Surfaces by J. Høyrup -- Alhacen’s Theory of Visual Perception by A. M. Smith -- Maimonides: On Asthma by G. Bos -- Fibonacci’s Liber Abaci by L. E. Sigler -- The Enterprise of Science in Islam edited by J. P. Hogendijk and A. I. Sabra -- Greek Science of the Hellenistic Era by G. L. Irby-Massie and P. T. Keyser -- Les méthodes de travail de Gersonide edited by C. Sirat S. Klein-Braslavy, and O. Weijers -- Averroës: Middle Commentary on Aristotle’s De anima by A. L. Ivry -- The Way and the Word by G. Lloyd and N. Sivin -- Ägyptische Algorithmen by A. Imhausen -- Heraclitus by M. Marcovich -- Astronomy in the Iberian Peninsula by J. Chabás and B. R. Goldstein -- Religious Confessions and the Sciences in the Sixteenth Century edited by J. Helm and A. Winkelmann -- Inference from Signs by J. Allen -- Isaac Newton’s Natural Philosophy edited by J. Z. Buchwald and I. B. Cohen -- Babylonian Eclipse Observations from 750 BC to 1 BC edited by P. J. Huber and S. De Meis -- De rebus nauticis by S. Medas -- Ancestor of the West by J. Bottéro, C. Herrenschmidt, and J.-P. Vernant -- Aristoteles chemicus edited by C. Viano -- The Works of Archimedes: I. The Two Books On the Sphere and the Cylinder by R. Netz -- The Heavenly Writing by F. Rochberg -- Routledge History of Philosophy: II. From Aristotle to Augustine edited by D. Furley -- Books Received 2004
Summary: Aestimatio provides critical, timely assessments of books published in the history of what was called science from antiquity to the early modern period in cultures ranging from Spain to India, and from Africa to northern Europe. The aim is to allow reviewers the opportunity to engage critically both the results of research in the history of science and how these results are obtained.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Lengths, Widths, Surfaces by J. Høyrup -- Alhacen’s Theory of Visual Perception by A. M. Smith -- Maimonides: On Asthma by G. Bos -- Fibonacci’s Liber Abaci by L. E. Sigler -- The Enterprise of Science in Islam edited by J. P. Hogendijk and A. I. Sabra -- Greek Science of the Hellenistic Era by G. L. Irby-Massie and P. T. Keyser -- Les méthodes de travail de Gersonide edited by C. Sirat S. Klein-Braslavy, and O. Weijers -- Averroës: Middle Commentary on Aristotle’s De anima by A. L. Ivry -- The Way and the Word by G. Lloyd and N. Sivin -- Ägyptische Algorithmen by A. Imhausen -- Heraclitus by M. Marcovich -- Astronomy in the Iberian Peninsula by J. Chabás and B. R. Goldstein -- Religious Confessions and the Sciences in the Sixteenth Century edited by J. Helm and A. Winkelmann -- Inference from Signs by J. Allen -- Isaac Newton’s Natural Philosophy edited by J. Z. Buchwald and I. B. Cohen -- Babylonian Eclipse Observations from 750 BC to 1 BC edited by P. J. Huber and S. De Meis -- De rebus nauticis by S. Medas -- Ancestor of the West by J. Bottéro, C. Herrenschmidt, and J.-P. Vernant -- Aristoteles chemicus edited by C. Viano -- The Works of Archimedes: I. The Two Books On the Sphere and the Cylinder by R. Netz -- The Heavenly Writing by F. Rochberg -- Routledge History of Philosophy: II. From Aristotle to Augustine edited by D. Furley -- Books Received 2004

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Aestimatio provides critical, timely assessments of books published in the history of what was called science from antiquity to the early modern period in cultures ranging from Spain to India, and from Africa to northern Europe. The aim is to allow reviewers the opportunity to engage critically both the results of research in the history of science and how these results are obtained.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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