Wrestling with nature : from omens to science / edited by Peter Harrison, Ronald L. Numbers, and Michael H. Shank.
Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2011.Description: x, 416 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780226317816
- 0226317811
- 9780226317830
- 0226317838
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BSOP Library | GC | Q125 W92 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00054130 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Natural knowledge in ancient Mesopotamia / Francesca Rochberg -- Natural knowledge in the classical world / Daryn Lahoux -- Natural knowledge in the Arabic Middle Ages / Jon McGinnis -- Natural knowledge in the Latin Middle Ages / Michael H. Shank -- Natural history / Peter Harrison -- Mixed mathematics / Peter Dear -- Natural philosophy / John L. Heilbron -- Science and medicine / Ronald L. Numbers -- Science and technology / Ronald Kline -- Science and religion / Jon H. Roberts -- Science, pseudoscience, and science falsely so-called / Ronald L. Numbers & Daniel P. Thurs -- Scientific methods / Daniel P. Thurs -- Science and the public / Bernard Lightman -- Science and place / David N. Livingstone.
