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...

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Weitere Verfasser: Harrison, Peter, 1955-, Numbers, Ronald L., Shank, Michael H.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
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Zusammenfassung: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 and the birth of experimental science, while yet another view is that the appearance of science was postponed until the nineteenth century. Rather than posit a modern definition of science and search for evidence of it in the past, the contributors to Wrestling with Nature examine how students of nat.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 416 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226318035
0226318036
1283362589
9781283362580
9786613362582
6613362581