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Pliny the Elder on Science and Technology
2000Abstract The Elder Pliny's Natural History is essentially a work of reference providing a wide-ranging account of human mores and achievement in the arts and sciences in the first century AD. It influenced the content and character of subsequent technical literature, but errors in transmission of the manuscripts led to undeserved ...
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In vino veritas? Pliny the Elder*
Critical Care Medicine, 2012Constantino José, Fernandes +1 more
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Pliny the Elder and natural disasters
Natural disasters feature prominently in Pliny the Elder’s work, but their significance remains of little amount. Indeed, Pliny’s primary aim is to extol nature and to enable humankind to fit harmoniously into it. The treatment of cataclysms is therefore downplayed accordingly, particularly in terms of the emotions they usually evoke.Galtier, Fabrice +2 more
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An aspect of the object habit: Pliny the Elder, audience and politics
Museum History Journal, 2017Emma Libonati
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