The Ambitions of Curiosity

Understanding the World in Ancient Greece and China

By:

G.E.R. Lloyd

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Hardback

Series:

Ideas in Context

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In The Ambitions of Curiosity one of the world's foremost philosophers of science 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 interests were served. He asks who set the agenda? What was the role of the state in sponsoring, supporting or blocking research, in such areas as historiography, natural philosophy, medical research, astronomy, technology, pure and applied mathematics? How were each of those fields defined and developed in different ancient societies? How did truly innovative thinkers persuade their own contemporaries to accept their work? Professor Lloyd explores the different routes those developments took in China, Greece and Mesopotamia, and demonstrates the unexpected results of many research efforts, as well as the tensions between state control and individual innovation and the different ways they were resolved - problems that remain central to scientific research today.

Author Biography:

G. E. R. Lloyd is Emeritus Professor of Ancient Philosophy and Science at the University of Cambridge; he was Master of Darwin College from 1989 to 2000.

Release date NZ

October 24th, 2002

Author

G.E.R. Lloyd

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

1 Tables, unspecified; 5 Halftones, unspecified; 26 Line drawings, unspecified

Pages

198

Series

Ideas in Context

Dimensions

152x229x16

ISBN-13

9780521815420

Product ID

2161720

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