Wrestling with Nature: From Omens to Science

Wrestling with Nature: From Omens to Science

by PeterHarrison (Author), RonaldNumbers (Author), Michael Shank (Author)

Synopsis

When and where did science begin? Historians have offered different answers to these questions, some pointing to Babylonian observational astronomy. This title examines how students of nature themselves, in various cultures and periods of history, have understood and represented their work.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 31 May 2011

ISBN 10: 0226317811
ISBN 13: 9780226317816