In the Wake of the Compendia
Infrastructural Contexts and the Licensing of Empiricism in Ancient and Medieval Mesopotamia
In the Wake of the Compendia presents papers that examine the history of technical compendia as they moved between institutions and societies in ancient and medieval Mesopotamia.This volume offers new perspectives on the development and transmission of technical compilations, looking especially at the relationship between empirical knowledge and textual transmission in early scientific thinking. The eleven contributions to the volume derive from a panel held at the American Oriental Society in 2013 and cover more than three millennia of historical development, ranging from Babylonian medicine and astronomy to the persistence of Mesopotamian l…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-5015-1076-2
- EAN: 9781501510762
- Produktnummer: 18974644
- Verlag: deGruyter Boston
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 326 S.
- Masse: H24.6 cm x B17.9 cm x D2.5 cm 704 g
- Abbildungen: 5 Schwarz-Weiß- Abbildungen
- Reihenbandnummer: 3
- Gewicht: 704
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J. Cale Johnson, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
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