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Overview"This new book offers an engineer's perspective on the history of water technology and its 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 and translated descriptions of ancient observers and authors. The work is unique in offering an engineer's 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 especially noteworthy for its efforts to situate hydraulic developments in their historical and intellectual context." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Pierre-Louis ViolletPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: CRC Press Weight: 0.707kg ISBN: 9781138474475ISBN 10: 1138474479 Pages: 334 Publication Date: 02 October 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I 4,000 years of hydraulic development in the East From the era of the early cultivators to the conquests of Alexander the Great Chapter 1. Hydraulics and the birth of civilization Chapter 2. From Mesopotamia to the Syrian shore: the land of water pioneers Chapter 3. Ancient Egypt and the Arabia Felix (in modern Yemen), the rhythm of the flood seasons Chapter 4. The maritime civilizations of the Aegean Sea: urban and agricultural hydraulics Part II The Empires of the Builders Chapter 5. Mathematicians and inventors of Alexandria and the Hellenistic world Chapter 6. Hydraulics in the Roman Empire: driving force of development and symbol of civilization Chapter 7. Beyond Bibliographic References Rome, the East and the Arab world Chapter 8. Rivers, canals, and hydraulic technology in China Chapter 9. The mills of the Middle Ages Conclusion Chronological TableReviewsOne of the greatest challenges for society in the 21st century is, without doubt, the sustainable management of water. This is true both for developed and especially, as the millenium goals clearly state, for developing countries. A goal which can only be achieved, as history has proven, by adapting solutions to existing conditions. This constitutes in itself a powerful reason to devote the time to read this book, for it will allow the reader to learn how men and women have done, in every age, what the circumstances required at time. This is a lesson that, unfortunately, we need to learn again nowadays. This is a lesson taught masterfully by Pierre-Louis Viollet, an engineer in love with history, and particularly with those times in which mankind's creativity was most evident. Creativity which, in so many cases, is driven by need. Creativity which is closely related to water. After all, water is essential for human life. -Prof. Enrique Cabrera Professor of Fluid Mechanics Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain Author InformationPierre-Louis Viollet Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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