The Oxford handbook of science and medicine in the classical world

DOI10.1093/OXFORDHB/9780199734146.001.0001MaRDI QIDQ4690261zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 22 October 2018

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zbMATH Keywords

alchemyAristotleastrologyastronomyGalenHippocratesmathematicsmedicineparadoxographypharmacyphysiognomyPlatoPtolemyPythagoras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General reference works (handbooks, dictionaries, bibliographies, etc.) pertaining to history and biography (01-00) History of Egyptian mathematics (01A16) History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of Chinese mathematics (01A25) History of Indian mathematics (01A32)

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