Table of Contents
A. Ancient Scientific Traditions Beyond Greece and Rome.
1. Mesopotamia
2. Egypt
3. India
4. China
B. Early Greek Science
C. Hellenistic Greek Science
D. Greco-Roman Science
E. Late Antique and Early Byzantine Science
Paul T. Keyser studied physics and classics at St. Andrew's School,
Duke, and Boulder. After teaching Classics at Edmonton and Cornell,
he returned to his first love, programming. Keyser currently works
as a Site-Reliability Engineer for Google in Pittsburgh. He has
published work on gravitational physics, stylometry, and ancient
science and technology.
John E. Scarborough, MD is certified by the American Board of
Surgery in Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. He completed his
General Surgery Residency at the Duke University School of
Medicine, where he also served as a Surgical Critical Care and
Abdominal Transplant Fellow. Scarborough is currently an associate
professor in the Department of Surgery at University of Wisconsin,
Madison.
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whole, The Oxford Handbook of Science and Medicine in the Classical
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