Wrestling with nature : from omens to science /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Harrison, Peter, 1955-, Numbers, Ronald L., Shank, Michael H.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Subjects:	Science > History. Natural history > History. Philosophy of nature > History.

Table of 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.