Book ID: CBB000470942

Homo Faber: Studies on Nature, Technology, and Science at the Time of Pompeii (2002)

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Ciarallo, Annamaria (Editor)
Renn, Jürgen (Editor)
Castagnetti, Giuseppe (Editor)
Divarci, Lindy (Editor)
Rieger, Simone (Editor)


L'Erma di Bretschneider


Publication Date: 2002
Physical Details: 187 pp.; ill.
Language: English

Description Presented at a conference at the Deutsches Museum, Munich, 21-22 March 2000. “The contributors explore craftmanship and technology, and practical and theoretical knowledge at the time of Pompeii, looking in particular at hydraulics, vines and wine production, glass, ancient `machines', optics and visual arts, meteorology, medical knowledge and mechanics.” (from the publisher)


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Acton, Peter Hampden
Chene, Dennis Des
Von Staden, Heinrich
Schiefsky, Mark J.
Rosenberg, Stanley P.
Rasmussen, Seth C.
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