Ancient meteorology / / Liba Taub
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| Autore: |
Taub Liba Chaia <1954->
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| Titolo: |
Ancient meteorology / / Liba Taub
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 551.5/0938 |
| Soggetto topico: | Meteorology - Greece - History |
| Meteorology - Rome - History | |
| Science, Ancient | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Ancient meteorology |
| ISBN: | 1-134-71774-1 |
| 1-134-71775-X | |
| 0-415-16195-9 | |
| 0-203-63428-4 | |
| 1-280-02282-5 | |
| 9786610022823 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812204603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Sciences of antiquity.