Engineering in the Ancient World - Softcover

Buch 45 von 53: History and Politics

Landels, John G.

 
9780520041271: Engineering in the Ancient World

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In his classic book, J. G. Landels describes the technological advances of the Greeks and Romans with erudition and enthusiasm. He provides an important introduction to engineering, writing about power and energy sources, water engineering, cranes, and transportation devises. From aqueducts to catapults, he attempts to envision machines as they may have worked in the ancient world. He then traces the path of knowledge taken by early thinkersincluding Plato, Pliny, and Archimedesin developing early theories of engineering and physics.

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