Wrestling with Nature : From Omens to Science /

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When and where did science begin? Historians have offered different answers to these questions, some pointing to Babylonian observational astronomy, some to the speculations of natural philosophers of ancient Greece. Others have opted for early modern Europe, which saw the triumph of Copernicanism a...

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Otros Autores: Dear, Peter (Contribuidor), Harrison, Peter (Contribuidor, Editor ), Heilbron, John L. (Contribuidor), Kline, Ronald R. (Contribuidor), Lehoux, Daryn (Contribuidor), Lightman, Bernard (Contribuidor), Livingstone, David N. (Contribuidor), McGinnis, Jon (Contribuidor), Numbers, Ronald L. (Contribuidor, Editor ), Roberts, Jon H. (Contribuidor), Rochberg, Francesca (Contribuidor), Shank, Michael H. (Contribuidor, Editor ), Thurs, Daniel P. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2011]
Temas:
Natural history > History.
Philosophy of nature > History.
Science > History.
SCIENCE / General.
nature, natural world, science, scientific, scientists, religion, religious studies, history, historical contexts, beginning, start, initiation, understanding, philosophy, ancient mesopotamia, knowledge, pseudoscience, public, place, methods, technology, mathematics, math, arabic middle ages, medicine, medical, classical era, latin, research, limitations, disciplinary specialization, institutions, investigation, inquiry.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 1. Natural Knowledge in Ancient Mesopotamia
  • CHAPTER 2. Natural Knowledge in the Classical World
  • CHAPTER 3. Natural Knowledge in the Arabic Middle Ages
  • CHAPTER 4. Natural Knowledge in the Latin Middle Ages
  • CHAPTER 5. Natural History
  • CHAPTER 6. Mixed Mathematics
  • CHAPTER 7. Natural Philosophy
  • CHAPTER 8. Science and Medicine
  • CHAPTER 9. Science and Technology
  • CHAPTER 10. Science and Religion
  • CHAPTER 11. Science, Pseudoscience, and Science Falsely So- Called
  • CHAPTER 12. Scientific Methods
  • CHAPTER 13. Science and the Public
  • CHAPTER 14. Science and Place
  • CONTRIBUTORS
  • INDEX

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