Peter Harrison is the Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the
University of Oxford, director of the Ian Ramsey Centre, and a Fellow of Harris
Manchester College.
Ronald L. Numbers is the Hilldale Professor of the History of Science and
Medicine and a member of the Department of Medical History and Bioethics at
the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Michael H. Shank is professor of the History of Science at the University of
Wisconsin–Madison.
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Wrestling with nature : from omens to science / edited by Peter Harrison,
Ronald L. Numbers, and Michael H. Shank.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN- 13: 978- 0- 226- 31781- 6 (cloth : alk. paper)
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ISBN- 13: 978- 0- 226- 31783- 0 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN- 10: 0- 226- 31783- 8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Science—History. 2. Natural
history—History. 3. Philosophy of nature—History. I. Harrison, Peter, 1955–
II. Numbers, Ronald L. III. Shank, Michael H.
Q125.W86 2011
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