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Books on Ancient Science (2007)
One of the more useful entries on my blog, this is a brief but informed survey of the best books to read for beginners in the history of Greco-Roman science.
The Origins of Greek Philosophy (2000)
First chapter of an of the rise of scientific epistemology. The future chapters planned have been superseded by my forthcoming work on ancient science.
Cultural History of the Lunar and Solar
Eclipse in the Early Roman Empire (1998) PDF
Surveys various ancient beliefs regarding eclipse phenomena (both scientific and superstitious). I'm planning a future revision (this was originally my Columbia master's thesis), but in the meantime it's still a useful reference.
Cosmology and the Koran (2001)
Shows how the Koran was influenced by popular religious and scientific knowledge of its time, and didn't supernaturally predict the Big Bang Theory.
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With a Ph.D. in ancient history from Columbia University, Dr. Carrier specializes in the intellectual history of Greece and Rome, particularly the history of science and the . This page is dedicated to the former. He also discusses this subject on his blog: see entries indexed under history of science [ | ] and ancient technology [ | ], as well as on historical method [ | ]. For his recommended readings on this subject, see .
Predicting Modern Science: Epicurus vs. Mohammed (2004)
Shows armchair speculation and common observation were sufficient to make the Epicureans more scientifically prescient than the Koran.
Ancient Roman Tax Receipt (1999)
My work on P.Col. 408 indirectly relates to technology (e.g. economics, agriculture, scribal and administrative practice).
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