The Ambitions of Curiosity
G. E. R. (University of Cambridge) Lloyd
Cambridge University Press, 2002
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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.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521894616
- ISBN-10
- 0521894611
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2002
- Publication date
- 2002-10-21
- Pages
- 200
- Dimensions
- 231x164x13
- Weight
- 324