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Title Science and technology in Homeric epics / S.A. Paipetis: editor
Published [Dordrecht, Netherlands?] : Springer Science + Business Media B.V., 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 536 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series History of mechanism and machine science ; v. 6
History of mechanism and machine science ; v. 6.
Contents pt. 1. General themes -- pt. 2. Mathematics and physics -- pt. 3. Materials -- pt. 4. Defensive weapons -- pt. 5. Telecommunications -- pt. 6. Geology -- geomechanics -- pt. 7. Medicine -- pt. 8. Flora and fauna -- pt. 9. Astronomy -- pt. 10. Seafaring -- pt. 11. Cultural environment -- pt. 12. Geography -- pt. 13. General interest
Summary In the Homeric Epics, important references to specific autonomous systems and mechanisms of very advanced technology, such as automata and artificial intelligence, as well as to almost modern methods of design and production are included. Even if those features of Homeric science were just poetic concepts (which on many occasions does not explain the astonishing details of design and manufacture, like the ones included in the present volume), they seem to prove that these achievements were well within human capability. In addition, the substantial development of machine theory during the early post-Homeric age shows that the Homeric descriptions were a kind of prophetic conception of these machines, and scientific research must be a quest for the fundamental principles of knowledge available during the Late Bronze Age and the dawn of the Iron Age. Such investigations must of necessity be strongly interdisciplinary and also proceed continuously in time, since, as science progresses, new elements of knowledge are discovered in the Homeric Epics, amenable to scientific analysis. This book brings together papers presented at the international symposium Science and Technology in Homeric Epics, which took place at Ancient Olympia in 2006. It includes a total of 41 contributions, mostly original research papers, covering diverse fields of science and technology, in the modern sense of these words
Analysis Science
Homeric epics
engineering
ontwerp
design
geschiedenis
history
wetenschap
Engineering (General)
Techniek (algemeen)
Notes "Based on papers presented ath the international symposium 'Science and technology in Homeric epics', SPAP Conference Centre, Ancient Olympia, 27-30 August 2006"--Page ix
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
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Subject Mechanical engineering -- Greece -- History -- Congresses
Technology -- Greece -- History -- Congresses
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical.
Mechanical engineering -- Greece -- History.
Technology -- Greece -- History.
Ingénierie.
Mechanical engineering
Technology
Greece
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
History
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Paipetis, S. A.
ISBN 9781402087844
1402087845
1402087837
9781402087837