The Ambitions of Curiosity : Understanding the World in Ancient Greece and China
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Ideas in Context
ISBN-10
0521815428
ISBN-13
9780521815420
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 24th, 2002
Print length
198 Pages
Weight
458 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 1.60 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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