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Adversaries and Authorities: Investigations into Ancient Greek and Chinese Science (Ideas in Context, Series Number 42)

paperback – September 15, 2010
by Lloyd, G.E.R.
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ISBN-13: 9780521556958 ISBN-10: 0521556953
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Binding
paperback
Published
September 15, 2010
Weight
0.9 lbs
Dimensions
22.90×1.80×15.20 cm

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Adversaries and Authorities: Investigations into Ancient Greek and Chinese Science (Ideas in Context, Series Number 42) by Lloyd, G.E.R.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780521556958.

Did science and philosophy develop differently in ancient Greece and ancient China? If so, can we say why? This book consists of a series of detailed studies of cosmology, natural philosophy, mathematics and medicine that suggest the answer to the first question is yes. To answer the second, the author relates the science produced in each ancient civilization first to the values of the society in question and then to the institutions within which the scientists and philosophers worked.