Autonomous Nature
Problems of Prediction and Control From Ancient Times to the Scientific Revolution
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…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-317-39588-1
- EAN: 9781317395881
- Produktnummer: 19570408
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 210 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 4'783 KB
- Abbildungen: 15 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 15 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 1 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
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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 is a past president of the American Society for Environmental History and a recipient of the Society's Distinguished Scholar Award.
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