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Autonomous nature : problems of prediction and control from ancient times to the scientific revolution / Carolyn Merchant.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Merchant, Carolyn, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy of nature.
- Chaotic behavior in systems.
- Complexity (Philosophy).
- Nature--Forecasting.
- Nature.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on.
- Forecasting.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 196 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.
- Contents:
- Introduction:Can nature be controlled?. Autonomous nature
- Greco-Roman concepts of nature
- Christianity and nature
- Nature personified : Renaissance ideas of nature
- Controlling nature. Vexing nature : Francis Bacon and the origins of experimentation
- Natural law : Spinoza on natura naturans and natura naturata
- Laws of nature :Lleibniz and Newton
- Epilogue : rambunctious nature in the twenty-first century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138930995
- 1138930997
- 9781138931008
- 1138931004
- OCLC:
- 912378469
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