cam a22 4 4500 528743236 CHVBK 20201204114203.0 180921s2016 nyu 00 eng| 2015012689 978-1-138-93099-5 (hardback : alk. paper) 1-138-93099-7 (hardback : alk. paper) 978-1-138-93100-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1-138-93100-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 978-1-315-68000-2 (ebook) (NEBIS)010513765 (SBT)000837299 (OCoLC)912378469 DLC SzZuIDS NEBIS ZBZ BD581 .M395 2015 113 23 Merchant Carolyn 1936- (DE-588)1143737873 Autonomous nature problems of prediction and control from ancient times to the scientific revolution Carolyn Merchant New York Routledge 2016 196 S. Ill. Includes bibliographical references and index 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. Geschichte gnd Naturphilosophie (DE-588)4041408-5 gnd Naturgesetz (DE-588)4132390-7 gnd Komplexität (DE-588)4135369-9 gnd Philosophy of nature Chaotic behavior in systems Complexity (Philosophy) Nature Forecasting Nature Effect of human beings on u 113 Cosmologia (Filosofia della natura) sbt TE BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 zbzmon201512f meyc zbzswk201512b somm idszbz Z2 ZB110 Z01 ph SzBzSBTc SBT LUBUL LUBUL 201 BUL A 113 MER AUT NEBIS Z01 Z01 02 HGN 51026 NEBIS 100 1- Merchant Carolyn 1936- (DE-588)1143737873 SBT 100 1- Merchant Carolyn NEBIS ZAD50 EBI01 Z01 https://opac.nebis.ch/objects/pdf03/z01_978-1-138-93099-5_01.pdf Titelblatt und Inhaltsverzeichnis VIEW pdf SWISSBIB 43867202X