This new book offers an engineer's perspective on the history of
water technology and it's impact on the development of
civilisation.
A Second Edition and translation into English of the French book
"L'Hydraulique dans les Civilisations Anciennes."
Water professionals, engineers, scientists, and students will find
this book fascinating and invaluable to their understanding of the
fundamental role of water engineering in the development of
civilization. The book abounds with descriptions of hydraulic
techniques in the civilizations of the classical era and the Middle
Ages, including illustrations ands translated descriptions of
ancient observers and authors. The work is unique in offering an
engineer perspective not only on the history of water technology,
but also demonstration of the genesis of ideas and the
transmissions of ideas and technology from one age and civilization
to the next. The book is specially noteworthy for its efforts to
situate hydraulic developments in their historical and intellectual
context.
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