Autonomous nature problems of prediction and control from ancient times to the scientific revolution
Introduction:Can nature be controlled?. Autonomous natureGreco-Roman concepts of nature -- Christianity and nature -- Nature personified : Renaissance ideas of nature -- Controlling nature. Vexing nature : Francis Bacon and the origins of experimentation -- Natural law : Spinoza on natura naturans...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2016
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction:Can nature be controlled?. Autonomous natureGreco-Roman concepts of nature -- Christianity and nature -- Nature personified : Renaissance ideas of nature -- Controlling nature. Vexing nature : Francis Bacon and the origins of experimentation -- Natural law : Spinoza on natura naturans and natura naturata -- Laws of nature :Leibniz and Newton -- Epilogue : rambunctious nature in the twenty-first century. Introduction:Can nature be controlled?. Autonomous nature -- Greco-Roman concepts of nature -- Christianity and nature -- Nature personified : Renaissance ideas of nature -- Controlling nature. Vexing nature : Francis Bacon and the origins of experimentation -- Natural law : Spinoza on natura naturans and natura naturata -- Laws of nature :Leibniz and Newton -- Epilogue : rambunctious nature in the twenty-first century |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 167-181 |
| Beschreibung: | xiii, 196 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781138931008 978-1-138-93100-8 9781138930995 978-1-138-93099-5 |