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Wrestling with nature : from omens to science / edited by Peter Harrison, Ronald L. Numbers, and Michael H. Shank.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--History.
- Science.
- History.
- Natural history--History.
- Natural history.
- Philosophy of nature--History.
- Philosophy of nature.
- Physical Description:
- x, 416 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226317816
- 0226317811
- 9780226317830
- 0226317838
- OCLC:
- 660088066
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