Wrestling with nature
Subtitle: from omens to science
By: edited by Peter Harrison, Ronald L. Numbers, and Michael H. Shank
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780226317816; 9780226317830
Subjects: Natural history; Science; History; Philosophy of nature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Natural knowledge in ancient Mesopotamia / Francesca Rochberg; title: Natural knowledge in the classical world / Daryn Lahoux; title: Natural knowledge in the Arabic Middle Ages / Jon McGinnis; title: Natural knowledge in the Latin Middle Ages / Michael H. Shank; title: Natural history / Peter Harrison; title: Mixed mathematics / Peter Dear; title: Natural philosophy / John L. Heilbron; title: Science and medicine / Ronald L. Numbers; title: Science and technology / Ronald Kline; title: Science and religion / Jon H. Roberts; title: Science, pseudoscience, and science falsely so-called / Ronald L. Numbers & Daniel P. Thurs; title: Scientific methods / Daniel P. Thurs; title: Science and the public / Bernard Lightman; title: Science and place / David N. Livingstone.