LEADER 04372nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910781546803321 005 20230124183645.0 010 $a1-283-36258-9 010 $a9786613362582 010 $a0-226-31803-6 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226318035 035 $a(CKB)2550000000073653 035 $a(EBL)836926 035 $a(OCoLC)772845777 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000555776 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12194477 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000555776 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10530635 035 $a(PQKB)10453141 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC836926 035 $a(DE-B1597)523412 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226318035 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL836926 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10519586 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL336258 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000073653 100 $a20100825d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aWrestling with nature$b[electronic resource] $efrom omens to science /$fedited by Peter Harrison, Ronald L. Numbers, and Michael H. Shank 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (427 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-31783-8 311 $a0-226-31781-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aNatural 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. 330 $aWhen 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 and the birth of experimental science, while yet another view is that the appearance of science was postponed until the nineteenth century. Rather than posit a modern definition of science and search for evidence of it in the past, the contributors to Wrestling with Nature examine how students of nature themselves, in various cultures and periods of history, have understood and represented their work. The aim of each chapter is to explain the content, goals, methods, practices, and institutions associated with the investigation of nature and to articulate the strengths, limitations, and boundaries of these efforts from the perspective of the researchers themselves. With contributions from experts representing different historical periods and different disciplinary specializations, this volume offers a fresh perspective on the history of science and on what it meant, in other times and places, to wrestle with nature. 606 $aScience$xHistory 606 $aNatural history$xHistory 606 $aPhilosophy of nature$xHistory 610 $anature, natural world, science, scientific, scientists, religion, religious studies, history, historical contexts, beginning, start, initiation, understanding, philosophy, ancient mesopotamia, knowledge, pseudoscience, public, place, methods, technology, mathematics, math, arabic middle ages, medicine, medical, classical era, latin, research, limitations, disciplinary specialization, institutions, investigation, inquiry. 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 0$aNatural history$xHistory. 615 0$aPhilosophy of nature$xHistory. 676 $a508.09 701 $aHarrison$b Peter$f1955-$01478319 701 $aNumbers$b Ronald L$0258576 701 $aShank$b Michael H$01478320 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781546803321 996 $aWrestling with nature$93693974 997 $aUNINA