04073nam 22006974a 450 991077785750332120230124182617.01-281-72949-397866117294930-300-12916-510.12987/9780300129168(CKB)1000000000471919(StDuBDS)AH23049563(SSID)ssj0000269455(PQKBManifestationID)11194808(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000269455(PQKBWorkID)10247423(PQKB)11137277(MiAaPQ)EBC3420402(DE-B1597)485243(OCoLC)1024006298(DE-B1597)9780300129168(Au-PeEL)EBL3420402(CaPaEBR)ebr10217105(CaONFJC)MIL172949(OCoLC)923593477(EXLCZ)99100000000047191920020306d2002 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe way and the word[electronic resource] science and medicine in early China and Greece /Geoffrey Lloyd and Nathan SivinNew Haven Yale University Pressc20021 online resource (368 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-09297-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-328) and index.Front matter --Contents --Introduction --1. Aims and Methods --2. The Social and Institutional Framework of the Chinese Sciences --3. The Social and Institutional Framework of Greek Science --4. The Fundamental Issues of Greek Science --5. The Fundamental Issues of the Chinese Sciences --6. Chinese and Greek Sciences Compared --Appendix: Evolution of the Chinese Cosmological Synthesis --Chronology of Historical Events --Notes --Bibliography --Index and GlossaryThe rich civilizations of ancient China and Greece built sciences of comparable sophistication-each based on different foundations of concept, method, and organization. In this engrossing book, two world-renowned scholars compare the cosmology, science, and medicine of China and Greece between 400 B.C. and A.D. 200, casting new light not only on the two civilizations but also on the evolving character of science. Sir Geoffrey Lloyd and Nathan Sivin investigate the differences between the thinkers in the two civilizations: what motivated them, how they understood the cosmos and the human body, how they were educated, how they made a living, and whom they argued with and why. The authors' new method integrally compares social, political, and intellectual patterns and connections, demonstrating how all affected and were affected by ideas about cosmology and the physical world. They relate conceptual differences in China and Greece to the diverse ways that intellectuals in the two civilizations earned their living, interacted with fellow inquirers, and were involved with structures of authority. By A.D. 200 the distinctive scientific strengths of both China and Greece showed equal potential for theory and practice. Lloyd and Sivin argue that modern science evolved not out of the Greek tradition alone but from the strengths of China, Greece, India, Islam, and other civilizations, which converged first in the Muslim world and then in Renaissance Europe.ScienceChinaHistoryScienceGreeceHistoryScience, AncientMedicine, ChineseMedicine, Greek and RomanScienceHistory.ScienceHistory.Science, Ancient.Medicine, Chinese.Medicine, Greek and Roman.509.3Lloyd G. E. R(Geoffrey Ernest Richard),1933-1491309Sivin Nathan49510MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777857503321The way and the word3845564UNINA