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Engineering in the Ancient World, Revised Edition
J. G. Landels
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| #504504 in Books | 2000-09-04 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.25 x.75 x5.50l,.65 | File type: PDF | 240 pages||9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.| Surprisingly good|By Flexpicker|I ordered this book because I needed to understand the beginnings of technology better in order to understand its progress. I expected either a childish book or one of the typical books with many dates and misconceptions about technology that tend to be prevalent in books written by history professors. Professor Landels, however, has done a gre||"[Landels] has given a new dimension to our appreciation of Greek and Roman civilization. We are accustomed to appreciate what Greek and Roman artists, writers, and philosophers accomplished. We have not really understood what they achieved as engineers."--"Cl
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, P...
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