Merchant C. Autonomous nature: problems of prediction and control from ancient times to the scientific revolution. - New York; London: Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2016. - xiii, 196 p.: ill. - Bibliogr. at the end of the chapters and p.: 169-181. - Ind.: p.183-196. - ISBN 978-1-138-93099-5 Шифр: (И/Б-М57) 02  Место хранения:   02 | Отделение ГПНТБ СО РАН | Новосибирск

Оглавление / Contents

List of Figures and Tables ..................................... ix Preface ........................................................ xi Introduction: Can Nature Be Controlled? ......................... 1 PART I. Autonomous Nature ...................................... 19 1 Greco-Roman Concepts of Nature .............................. 21 2 Christianity and Nature ..................................... 42 3 Nature Personified: Renaissance Ideas of Nature ............. 63 PART II. Controlling Nature .................................... 79 4 Vexing Nature: Francis Bacon and the Origins of Experimentation .......................................... 81 5 Natural Law: Spinoza on Natura naturans and Natura naturata ................................................... 101 6 Laws of Nature: Leibniz and Newton ......................... 125 Epilogue: Rambunctious Nature in the Twenty-First Century ..... 149 Bibliography .................................................. 169 Index ......................................................... 183