Wrestling with Nature: From Omens to Science

by Michael H. Shank, Ronald L. Numbers, Peter Harrison

When 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.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226317838
• ISBN13: 9780226317830
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"