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Before nature : cuneiform knowledge and the history of science /
In the modern West, we take for granted that what we call the 'natural world' confronts us all and always has - but 'Before Nature' explores that almost unimaginable time when there was no such conception of 'nature' - no word, reference, or sense for it. Before the con...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago, [Illinois] ; London, [England] :
The University of Chicago Press,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the modern West, we take for granted that what we call the 'natural world' confronts us all and always has - but 'Before Nature' explores that almost unimaginable time when there was no such conception of 'nature' - no word, reference, or sense for it. Before the concept of nature formed over the long history of European philosophy and science, our ancestors in ancient Assyria and Babylonia developed an inquiry into the world in a way that is kindred to our modern science. With 'Before Nature, ' Francesca Rochberg explores that Assyro-Babylonian knowledge tradition and shows how it relates to the entire history of science. From a modern, Western perspective, a world not conceived somehow within the framework of physical nature is difficult - if not impossible - to imagine. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (380 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226406275 022640627X 9780226406138 022640613X |