Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. CHAPTER 1. Natural Knowledge in Ancient Mesopotamia 9
6. CHAPTER 2. Natural Knowledge in the Classical World 37
7. CHAPTER 3. Natural Knowledge in the Arabic Middle Ages 59
8. CHAPTER 4. Natural Knowledge in the Latin Middle Ages 83
9. CHAPTER 5. Natural History 117
10. CHAPTER 6. Mixed Mathematics 149
11. CHAPTER 7. Natural Philosophy 173
12. CHAPTER 8. Science and Medicine 201
13. CHAPTER 9. Science and Technology 225
14. CHAPTER 10. Science and Religion 253
15. CHAPTER 11. Science, Pseudoscience, and Science Falsely So- Called 281
16. CHAPTER 12. Scientific Methods 307
17. CHAPTER 13. Science and the Public 337
18. CHAPTER 14. Science and Place 377
19. CONTRIBUTORS 401
20. INDEX 405