Ruth Spivak
Ruth Spivak received a BA in Jewish Studies and an Education degree (Dip. Ed.) from McGill University. After obtaining her MA in Greek and Roman Studies from the University of Calgary, she is now pursuing doctoral studies in the Department of Classics and Religion, researching the contributions of classically educated women in 16th century Spain and Portugal. She has served as graduate assistant for the Latin of Science course at the University of Calgary since 2013. Previously, Spivak has served as a teacher of Hebrew, French, Latin, music, and history.
Books by Ruth Spivak
Latin of Science
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- 978-0-86516-860-2
This unique text provides a firsthand experience of what was for centuries the universal language of science—Latin. A historical survey sets the context for Latin selections from seventeen authors who wrote in Latin and three whose works were translated into Latin. The anthology of twenty-two science readings in Latin covers eight subject areas from general knowledge selections from scholars like Pliny the Elder and Isidore of Seville to writings on optics from Alhazen and Newton. A brief essay introduces each author while vocabulary, syntax, and contextual notes facilitate reading the Latin passages. Images present the Latin selections as their original readers would have experienced them.
- Authors: Agricola, Alberti, Alhazen, Bacon, Copernicus, de Soto, Euclid, Faventinus, Galvani, Harvey, Isidore of Seville, Kepler, Leibniz, Libavius, Maimonides, Newton, Oresme, Pliny the Elder, Seneca, Vitruvius
- Subject Areas: Architecture and Engineering, Astronomy and Rational Mechanics, Chemistry, Economics, General Knowledge, Mathematics, Medicine, and Optics
