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Title Autonomous nature : problems of prediction and control from ancient times to the scientific revolution / Carolyn Merchant.
Publication Info. New York : Routledge, 2016.

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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Perth, W.A. Available via World Wide Web.
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Subject Philosophy of nature.
Chaotic behavior in systems.
Complexity (Philosophy)
Nature -- Forecasting.
Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
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Related To Original 9781138930995 1138930997 9781138931008 1138931004 (DLC) 2015012689
ISBN 9781317395881 (electronic bk.)
1317395883 (electronic bk.)
9781138930995 (hardback : alk. paper)
1138930997 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781138931008 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1138931004 (pbk. : alk. paper)
OCLC # EBC2194993
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