Table of Contents

Contents



Introduction

Stavros Lazaris



1. The Knowledge of Pagan Greeks

Hervé Inglebert



2. Science Teaching

Inmaculada Pérez Martín & Divna Manolova



3. Logistic, Arithmetic, Harmonic Theory, Geometry, Metrology, Optics and Mechanics

Fabio Acerbi



4. Byzantine Theories of vision

Katerina Ierodiakonou



5. Meteorology and Physics

Ioannis Telelis



6. Astronomy and Astrology

Anne-Laurence Caudano



7. Geography

Inmaculada Pérez Martín & Gonzalo Andreotti Cruz



8. Zoology

Arnaud Zucker



9. Botany

Alain Touwaide



10. Medicine and Pharmacology

Alain Touwaide



11. Veterinary medicine

Stavros Lazaris



12. Science of warfare

Thomas Salmon



13. Occult Sciences

Maria K. Papathanassiou



Conclusion

Anne Tihon



General Bibliography

General Index

Index of Manuscripts

Illustrations

About the Author

Stavros Lazaris is a researcher at the CNRS, Paris. His research focuses on the history of the Byzantine civilisation and the study of original documents in the fields of the history of science and technology and the history of texts and images. His other interests include the function of medieval illustrations and their importance in the transmission of medical and scientific knowledge to Byzantium, as well as the Christianisation of pagan scientific literature.