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- catalog abstract ""This book explores the origins and growth of systematic inquiry in Greece, China and Mesopotamia. Professor Lloyd examines which factors stimulated or inhibited this development, and whose interest were served. Who set the agenda? What was the role of the state in sponsoring, supporting or blocking research in areas such as historiography, natural philosophy, medical research, astronomy, technology, pure and applied mathematics and the rise of technical terminology in all those fields? How was each of those fields defined and developed in different ancient societies? How did truly innovative thinkers persuade their own contemporaries to accept their work? 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."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12652243.
- catalog coverage "China.".
- catalog coverage "Greece.".
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""This book explores the origins and growth of systematic inquiry in Greece, China and Mesopotamia. Professor Lloyd examines which factors stimulated or inhibited this development, and whose interest were served. Who set the agenda? What was the role of the state in sponsoring, supporting or blocking research in areas such as historiography, natural philosophy, medical research, astronomy, technology, pure and applied mathematics and the rise of technical terminology in all those fields? How was each of those fields defined and developed in different ancient societies? How did truly innovative thinkers persuade their own contemporaries to accept their work? 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."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Histories, annals, myths -- The modalities of prediction -- The number of things -- Applications and applicabilities -- The language of learning -- Individuals and institutions.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-169) and index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 175 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521815428".
- catalog identifier "0521894611 (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "Ideas in context ; 64".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "China.".
- catalog spatial "Greece.".
- catalog subject "2003 A-093".
- catalog subject "509.3 21".
- catalog subject "Q 124.95 L793a 2002".
- catalog subject "Q124.95 .L58 2002".
- catalog subject "Science China.".
- catalog subject "Science Greece.".
- catalog subject "Science History.".
- catalog subject "Science, Ancient.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Histories, annals, myths -- The modalities of prediction -- The number of things -- Applications and applicabilities -- The language of learning -- Individuals and institutions.".
- catalog title "The ambitions of curiosity : understanding the world in ancient Greece and China / G.E.R. Lloyd.".
- catalog type "text".