The ambitions of curiosity : understanding the world in ancient Greece and China / G.E.R. Lloyd.
The ambitions of curiosity : understanding the world in ancient Greece and China / G.E.R. Lloyd.
The ambitions of curiosity : understanding the world in ancient Greece and China / G.E.R. Lloyd.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, c2002.
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N509.3/4
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English
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xvi, 175 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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1. Histories, annals, myths -- 2. The modalities of prediction -- 3. The numbers of things -- 4. Applications and applicabilities -- 5. The language of learning -- 6. Individuals and institutions.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, c2002.
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New York (State)
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c2002.
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Three of the main themes elaborated are, first, the different routes those developments took in China, Greece and Mesopotamia; second, the unexpected result of many research efforts; and third, the tensions between state control and individual innovation, and the different ways they were resolved - problems that remain in scientific research today....
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The ambitions of curiosity : understanding the world in ancient Greece and China / G.E.R. Lloyd.
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Ideas in context.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2002.
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N509.3/4
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0521815428
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0521894611 (pbk.)
9780521815420 (hbk.)
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9780521815420
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509.3
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