The Artificial and the Natural - An Evolving Polarity

Disentangling the cultural roots of many debates about new technologies, this work examines notions of nature and art as they have been defined and redefined in Western culture, from the Hippocratic writers' ideas of physis and techne and Aristotle's designation of mimetic arts to nineteenth-century chemistry and twenty-first century biomimetics.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Bernadette (EDT)/ Newman Bensaude-Vincent, Bernadette Newman Bensaude-Vincent
• Con la collaborazione di: Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent (Editore), Bernadette (Universite Paris X) Bensaude-Vincent (Editore), William R. Newman (Editore), William R. (Indiana University) Newman (Editore)
• Editore: The MIT Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 18 anni
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.12.2007
• EAN: 9780262026208
• ISBN: 978-0-262-02620-8
• Pagine: 344
• Dimensioni: 164 mm x 234 mm x 20 mm
• Serie: Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science & Technology Series; Dibner Institute Studies in th; Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science and Technology
• Categoria: Saggistica