Autonomous nature : problems of prediction and control from ancient times to the scientific revolution /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Merchant, Carolyn (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, [2016]
Subjects:	Philosophy of nature. Chaotic behavior in systems. Complexity (Philosophy) Nature > Forecasting. Nature > Effect of human beings on.

Table of 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.