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Engineering in the Ancient World

Engineering in the Ancient World

Paperback

Technology & EngineeringAncient History General

ISBN10: 0520227824
ISBN13: 9780520227828
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: Oct 27 2000
Pages: 238
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.75 Width: 5.44 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
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 thinkers--including Plato, Pliny, and Archimedes--in developing early theories of engineering and physics.

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