Encounters with Euclid: How an Ancient Greek Geometry Text Shaped the World 9780008299941, 9780008299927, 0008299943

Encounters with Euclid: How an Ancient Greek Geometry Text Shaped the World 9780691219813

A sweeping cultural history of one of the most influential mathematical books ever written Euclid's Elements of Ge

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Other Natures: Environmental Encounters with Ancient Greek Ethnography 9780520974814

Ancient Greek ethnographies—descriptions of other peoples—provide unique resources for understanding ancient environment

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Opium: How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned Our World 978-0316417662, 0316417661

"A landmark project." -- Dr. Andrew Weil "Engrossing and highly readable." -- Sam Quinones "A

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Geometry: Euclid and Beyond [1 ed.]

This book offers a unique opportunity to understand the essence of one of the great thinkers of western civilization. A

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Geometry: Euclid and beyond 9781441931450, 9780387226767, 1441931457

In recent years, I have been teaching a junior-senior-level course on the classi- cal geometries. This book has grown ou

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Contemporary Encounters with Ancient Metaphysics 9781474431194

18 essays breathe new life into the classic problems of ancient metaphysics using contemporary continental materialisms

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Gilgamesh among Us: Modern Encounters with the Ancient Epic 9780801463419

The world's oldest work of literature, the Epic of Gilgamesh recounts the adventures of the semimythical Sumerian k

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The Athlete in the Ancient Greek World 2019057956, 9780806166261

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A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World 9781555848439, 1555848435

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Maps; Introduction; 1 Sumer; 2 The Straits of Trad

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The long shadow of the Ancient Greek world 9781682764282, 1682764281

Immerse yourself in this comprehensive survey of ancient Greece from 750 to 323 B.C. - from the emergence of Greece at t

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