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Wrestling with nature from omens to science / edited by Peter Harrison, Ronald L. Numbers, and Michael H. Shank.
| Other author | Harrison, Peter, 1955- |
| Other author | Numbers, Ronald L. |
| Other author | Shank, Michael H. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, |
| Description | x, 416 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010036527 |
| ISBN | 9780226317816 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0226317811 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780226317830 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0226317838 (pbk. : alk. paper) |