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A Companion to Byzantine Science

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Author(s): Stavros Lazaris (ed.)
Series: Brill’s Companions to the Byzantine World 6
Edition: 1
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2020

Language: English
Pages: xvi, 658 pp.
City: Boston

Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
1. ‘Inner’ and ‘Outer’ Knowledge: the Debate between Faith and Reason in Late Antiquity
(H. Inglebert)
2. Science Teaching and Learning Methods in Byzantium
(I. Pérez Martín, D. Manolova)
3. Logistic, Arithmetic, Harmonic Theory, Geometry, Metrology, Optics and Mechanics
(F. Acerbi)
4. Byzantine Theories of Vision
(E. Ierodiakonou)
5. Meteorology and Physics in Byzantium
(I. Telelis)
6. Astronomy and Astrology
(A.-L. Caudano)
7. Geography
(I. Pérez Martín, G. Cruz Andreotti)
8. Zoology
(A. Zucker)
9. Botany
(A. Touwaide)
10. Medicine and Pharmacy
(A. Touwaide)
11. Veterinary Medicine
(S. Lazaris)
12. The Byzantine Science of Warfare: from Treatises to Battlefield
(T. Salmon)
13. The Occult Sciences in Byzantium
(M. Papathanassiou)
Conclusion
Bibliography
Indices