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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450242803321

Autore

Taub Liba <1954->

Titolo

Ancient meteorology / / Liba Taub

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-134-71775-X

0-415-16195-9

0-203-63428-4

1-280-02282-5

9786610022823

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Collana

Sciences of antiquity

Disciplina

551.5/0938

Soggetti

Meteorology - Greece - History

Meteorology - Rome - History

Science, Ancient

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-260) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; A note on the spelling of Greek names and terms; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; ANCIENT METEOROLOGY IN GREECE AND ROME: AN INTRODUCTION; PREDICTION AND THE ROLE OF TRADITION: ALMANACS AND SIGNS, PARAPGMATA AND POEMS; EXPLAINING DIFFICULT PHENOMENA; METEOROLOGY AS A MEANS TO AN END: PHILOSOPHERS AND POETS; AN ENCYCLOPEDIC APPROACH; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Discusses Greek and Roman approaches to this broad discipline, which in classical antiquity included not only 'weather', but occurrences such as earthquakes and comets. It is the first book of its kind in English.