{"product_id":"ancient-natural-history-roger-french-9780415088800","title":"Ancient Natural History: Histories of Nature","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAncient Natural History\u003c\/em\u003e surveys the ways in which people in the ancient world thought about nature. The writings of Aristotle, Theophrastus, Strabo, Pliny are examined, as well as the popular beliefs of their contemporaries. Roger French finds that the same natural-historical material was used to serve the purposes of both the Greek philosopher and the Christian allegorist, or of a taxonomist like Theophrastus and a collector of curiosa like Pliny. He argues convincingly that the motives of ancient writers on nature were rarely  scientific' and, indeed, that there was not really any science at all in the ancient world.\u003cbr\u003eThis book will make fascinating reading for students, academics and anyone who is interested in the history of science, or in the ancient history of ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roger French\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415088801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415088800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.76h x 6.28w x 1.09d","brand":"Roger French","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086558638335,"sku":"9780415088800","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d66651e8-3fd6-4fdf-a6e9-59cf1cfdae1c.jpg?v=1769095370","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ancient-natural-history-roger-french-9780415088800","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}