A Milton Encyclopedia
A Milton Encyclopedia

Author: William Bridges Hunter (Jr.)

Publisher: Bucknell University Press

Published: 1978

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9780838718414

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This nine volume set presents in easily accessible format the extensive information now available about John Milton. It has grown to be a study of English civilization of Milton's time and a history of literary and political matters since then.

Autonomous Nature
Autonomous Nature

Author: Carolyn Merchant

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-08-27

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1317395883

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Autonomous Nature investigates the history of nature as an active, often unruly force in tension with nature as a rational, logical order from ancient times to the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century. Along with subsequent advances in mechanics, hydrodynamics, thermodynamics, and electromagnetism, nature came to be perceived as an orderly, rational, physical world that could be engineered, controlled, and managed. Autonomous Nature focuses on the history of unpredictability, why it was a problem for the ancient world through the Scientific Revolution, and why it is a problem for today. The work is set in the context of vignettes about unpredictable events such as the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, the Bubonic Plague, the Lisbon Earthquake, and efforts to understand and predict the weather and natural disasters. This book is an ideal text for courses on the environment, environmental history, history of science, or the philosophy of science.