from omens to science Harrison, Peter 1955- Numbers, Ronald L. Shank, Michael H. text bibliography ilu Chicago University of Chicago Press c2011 2011 monographic eng

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x, 416 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. 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. edited by Peter Harrison, Ronald L. Numbers, and Michael H. Shank. Includes bibliographical references and index. Science History Natural history History Philosophy of nature History Q125 .W86 2011 508.09 9780226317830 (pbk) 0226317811 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226317830 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0226317838 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2010036527 ICU/DLC 180319 20250312110639.0 16434437