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Conventional wisdoms

Nature volume 360, pages 713–714 (1992)Cite this article

The Beginnings of Western Science: The European Scientific Tradition in Philosophical, Religious and Institutional Context, 600 BC to AD 1450.

By David C. Lindberg. University of Chicago Press: 1992. Pp. 455. $57, á£45 (hbk); $19.95, á£15.95 (pbk). The Struggle to Understand: A History of Human Wonder and Discovery. By Herbert C. Corben. Prometheus: 1992. Pp. 398. $29.95, á£18.95.

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