Science, medicine, and technology lie at the heart of modern society. Whoever we are, we turn there for answers – to explain the world and solve problems. This search for understanding is not new, and our enduring curiosity helps explain the widespread interest in the history and philosophy of the sciences, medicine, and technology. Cambridge Elements in Ancient Science, Technology, and Medicine focuses on scientific, medical, and mathematical learning in the ancient world, including Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Chinese, Indian and other early cultures of inquiry. Specialist authors interrogate compelling questions and offer fresh interpretations, exploring a dynamic range of captivating themes and topics on the early history of scientific ideas, medical practices, and technological developments, which continue to fascinate students and scholars in various disciplines, modern practitioners, and the wider public. 

Series Editor:

Liba Taub is Director of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science and Professor Emerita of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of Ancient Meteorology (2003), Aetna and the Moon: Explaining Nature in Ancient Greece and Rome (2008), and Science Writing in Greco-Roman Antiquity (Cambridge, 2017), and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Science (Cambridge, 2020)