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Wrestling with nature : from omens to science /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Natural Knowledge in Ancient Mesopotamia / Francesca Rochberg; 2. Natural Knowledge in the Classical World / Daryn Lehoux; 3. Natural Knowledge in the Arabic Middle Ages / Jon McGinnis; 4. Natural Knowledge in the Latin Middle Ages / Michael H. Shank; 5. Natural History / Peter Harrison; 6. Mixed Mathematics / Peter Dear; 7. Natural Philosophy / John L. Heilbron; 8. Science and Medicine / Ronald L. Numbers; 9. Science and Technology / Ronald R. Kline; 10. Science and Religion / Jon H. Roberts.
- 11. Science, Pseudoscience, and Science Falsely So-Called / Daniel P. Thurs and Ronald L. Numbers12. Scientific Methods / Daniel P. Thurs; 13. Science and the Public / Bernard Lightman; 14. Science and Place / David N. Livingstone; Contributors; Index.