Anchoring Science and Technology in Greco-Roman Antiquity
This collection of essays explores processes of innovation in Greco-Roman technology and science. It uses the concept of ‘anchoring’ to investigate the microhistories of technological and scientific practices and ideas. The volume combines broad, theoretical essays with more targeted case studies of...
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| description | This collection of essays explores processes of innovation in Greco-Roman technology and science. It uses the concept of ‘anchoring’ to investigate the microhistories of technological and scientific practices and ideas. The volume combines broad, theoretical essays with more targeted case studies of individual inventions and innovations. In doing so, it moves beyond the emphasis on achievement that has traditionally characterized modern scholarship on ancient technology and science. Instead, the chapters of this volume analyse the manifold ways in which new technologies and ideas were anchored in what was already known and familiar, and highlight how, once familiar, technologies and ideas could themselves become anchoring points for inventions and innovations. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1587612025-04-26T08:41:32Z Anchoring Science and Technology in Greco-Roman Antiquity Flohr, Miko Mols, Stephan T.A.M. Tieleman, Teun L Ancient Near East Galen of Pergamum Hellenistic kingdoms Hero of Alexandria Roman Empire SCOT anchoring innovation ancient Greece artillery bookmaking cognitive anchoring construction technology glass-blowing modelling technological values This collection of essays explores processes of innovation in Greco-Roman technology and science. It uses the concept of ‘anchoring’ to investigate the microhistories of technological and scientific practices and ideas. The volume combines broad, theoretical essays with more targeted case studies of individual inventions and innovations. In doing so, it moves beyond the emphasis on achievement that has traditionally characterized modern scholarship on ancient technology and science. Instead, the chapters of this volume analyse the manifold ways in which new technologies and ideas were anchored in what was already known and familiar, and highlight how, once familiar, technologies and ideas could themselves become anchoring points for inventions and innovations. 2025-04-23T07:04:00Z 2025-04-23T07:04:00Z 2025-04-22T15:19:06Z 2025 book ONIX_20250422_9789004714915_15a 2590-1796 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/101069 9789004714915 9789004714878 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/158761 eng Euhormos: Greco-Roman Studies in Anchoring Innovation open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/101069/1/9789004714915_webready_content_text.pdf Brill 10.1163/9789004714915 10.1163/9789004714915 33fecb33-e7c4-4fc8-96b0-7ba2fccafba9 9789004714915 9789004714878 open access |
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