The Unknown Technology in Homer - Paipetis, S. A.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010)
Homer and the Homeric Epics -- Troy and the Mythological Causes of the War -- Achilles and the M?nis -- The Siege and Fall of Troy -- Odysseus' Long Way Home -- Trojan War and Cultural Tradition -- Scientific Knowledge in the Homeric Epics -- On Science and Technology -- Principles of Natural Science -- Chariot Racing and the Laws of Curvilinear Motion -- Creep in Wood -- Hydrodynamics of Vortices and the Gravitational Sling -- Automation and Artificial Intelligence -- The Forge of Hephaestus -- The Robots of Hephaestus -- The Ships of the Phaeacians and the UAVs -- Defensive Weapons in the Epics -- Structural Materials and Analytical Processes -- The Shield of Achilles -- The Shield of Ajax -- More Defensive Weapons -- Further Issues -- The Trojan Horse -- Mycenaean Building -- The Miraculous Homeric Meter.
Keywords: Engineering design; History; Materials science; Structural materials; Engineering Design; History of Science; Materials Science, general; Structural Materials