The Ambitions of Curiosity : Understanding the World in Ancient Greece and China
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Ideas in Context
ISBN-10
0521894611
ISBN-13
9780521894616
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 21st, 2002
Print length
200 Pages
Weight
324 grams
Dimensions
23.10 x 16.40 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
PhilosophyHistory of ideasHistory of science
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This 2002 book explores the origins of systematic inquiry into science, historiography, and language in ancient Greece, Mesopotamia and China. It investigates how and why research developed differently in these societies and illustrates the tensions that existed between state control and individual innovation and the different ways those tensions were resolved.
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