Wrestling with nature : from omens to science / edited by Peter Harrison, Ronald L. Numbers, and Michael H. Shank.

When and where did science begin? Historians have offered different answers to these questions, some pointing to Babylonian observational astronomy, some to the speculations of natural philosophers of ancient Greece. Others have opted for early modern Europe, which saw the triumph of Copernicanism a...

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Contributors: Harrison, Peter, 1955-, Numbers, Ronald L., Shank, Michael H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
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