Isbn: 9781138931008 - autonomous nature: problems of prediction and control from ancient times to the scientific revolution (19 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: very fine. xiii, 196 pages; 24 cm. Autonomous Nature investigates the history of nature as an active, often unruly force in tension with nature as a rational, logical order from ancient times to the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century. Along with subsequent advances in mechanics, hydrodynamics, thermodynamics, and electromagnetism, nature came to be perceived as an orderly, rational, physical world that could be engineered, controlled, and managed. Autonomous Nature focuses on the history of unpredictability, why it was a problem for the ancient world through the Scientific Revolution, and why it is a problem for today. The work is set in the context of vignettes about unpredictable events such as the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, the Bubonic Plague, the Lisbon Earthquake, and efforts to understand and predict the weather and natural disasters. This book is an ideal text for courses on the environment, environmental history, history of science, or the philosophy of science. -- Provided by publisherContents: 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:Lleibniz and Newton. Epilogue: rambunctious nature in the twenty-first century. As new; very fine.…

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Condición: New. Num Pages: 210 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: RB; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 316. . 2015. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

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Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condición: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Carolyn Merchant is Professor of Environmental History, Philosophy, and Ethics at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of The Death of Nature Ecological Revolutions and Reinventing Eden among other books. She i.…