Background
Greene, Mott Tuthill was born on December 2, 1945 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Lynne Tuthill and Irene Greene.
( In describing the origins of modern "science," historia...)
In describing the origins of modern "science," historians often fail to appreciate or misread how the ancients understood and used significant expressions of "natural knowledge." Few read the story of the cyclops, for example, as useful advice about where to travel and settle ― and where not to. Others search for "lost Egyptian wisdom" rather than see how the great pyramids of the Old Kingdom could be built with the simple tools and cumbersome mathematics of the time. Mott T. Greene reexamines the remnants of ancient life using conceptual tools seldom brought to bear on such material. The result is a fresh appraisal of what the evidence will yield about natural phenomena and modes of thought in the distant past. Greene builds on the work of modern scholars but contributes scientific precision and tenacity to debates in areas as diverse as archaeology, early art history, Egyptian fractions, Indo-Iranian religion, classical Greek verse, and Plato's "problem of knowledge."
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(Geology in the Nineteenth Century: Changing View of a Cha...)
Geology in the Nineteenth Century: Changing View of a Changing World Cornell History of Science Series
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( n describing the origins of modern "science," historian...)
n describing the origins of modern "science," historians often fail to appreciate or misread how the ancients understood and used significant expressions of "natural knowledge." Few read the story of the cyclops, for example, as useful advice about where to travel and settle -- and where not to. Others search for "lost Egyptian wisdom" rather than see how the great pyramids of the Old Kingdom could be built with the simple tools and cumbersome mathematics of the time. Mott T. Greene reexamines the remnants of ancient life using conceptual tools seldom brought to bear on such material. The result is a fresh appraisal of what the evidence will yield about natural phenomena and modes of thought in the distant past. Greene builds on the work of modern scholars but contributes scientific precision and tenacity to debates in areas as diverse as archaeology, early art history, Egyptian fractions, Indo-Iranian religion, classical Greek verse, and Plato's "problem of knowledge."
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Greene, Mott Tuthill was born on December 2, 1945 in Syracuse, New York, United States. Son of Lynne Tuthill and Irene Greene.
Bachelor, Columbia University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, 1978.
Assistant professor of history, Iowa State University, Ames, 1978-1979; assistant professor of history, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1981-1983; John B. Magee distinguished professor science and values, U. Puget Sound, Tacoma, since 1986. National lecturer Sigma Xi, 1987-1989. Director Bonnet Institute, 1983-1985.
( In describing the origins of modern "science," historia...)
( n describing the origins of modern "science," historian...)
(Geology in the Nineteenth Century: Changing View of a Cha...)
(Book by Greene, Mott T.)
Alternate civilian service as conscientious objector, 1969-1971. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, History of Science Society, Columbia History of Science Group.
Married Abby Terris, August 24, 1968 (divorced 1977). Married Jo Leffingwell, November 21, 1978. 1 child, Annie Simmons.