Wrestling With Nature - From Omens to Science

Informationen zum Autor Peter Harrison is the Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford. Ronald L. Numbers is the Hilldale Professor of the History of Science at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Michael H. Shank is professor of the history of science at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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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• Authors: Peter Harrison, Peter Numbers Harrison, Peter/ Numbers Harrison, HARRISON PETER NUMBERS RONALD, Ronald Numbers, Ronald L. Numbers, Numbers Ronald L., Michael Shank, Michael H. Shank, Shank Michael H.
• Assisted by: Peter Harrison (Editor), Ronald L. Numbers (Editor), Michael H. Shank (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2011
• EAN: 9780226317816
• ISBN: 978-0-226-31781-6
• No. of pages: 432
• Series: emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / History, History of Science