The Ambitions of Curiosity: Understanding the World in Ancient Greece and China - Ideas in Context - Lloyd, G. E. R. (University of Cambridge) - Books - Cambridge University Press - 9780521815420 - October 24, 2002
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The Ambitions of Curiosity: Understanding the World in Ancient Greece and China - Ideas in Context

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This 2002 book explores the origins of systematic inquiry into science, historiography, and language in ancient Greece, Mesopotamia and China. It investigates how and why research developed differently in these societies and illustrates the tensions that existed between state control and individual innovation and the different ways those tensions were resolved.


198 pages, 31 b/w illus. 1 table

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released October 24, 2002
ISBN13 9780521815420
Publishers Cambridge University Press
Pages 198
Dimensions 236 × 161 × 18 mm   ·   440 g
Language English  

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