Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her"A West Coast feminist and poet draws from myth, legend, history, religion, sociology, science, and other sources to trace the evolution of attitudes toward and perceptions of women and nature."--Goodreads website. |
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... Galileo , on hearing a rumor of the invention of a glass magnify- ing distant objects , constructs a telescope . ( It is urged that nature must be hounded in her wanderings before one can lead her and drive her . ) 1609 Kepler publishes ...
... Galileo , on hearing a rumor of the invention of a glass magnify- ing distant objects , constructs a telescope . ( It is urged that nature must be hounded in her wanderings before one can lead her and drive her . ) 1609 Kepler publishes ...
Page 232
... Galileo , Opere Complete , as cited in MFM , p . 75 . that which cannot be measured : see MFM , p . 93 , on Galileo . See also MFM , p . 88 , citing the famous passage of Galileo that all qualities outside of number depend on sense ...
... Galileo , Opere Complete , as cited in MFM , p . 75 . that which cannot be measured : see MFM , p . 93 , on Galileo . See also MFM , p . 88 , citing the famous passage of Galileo that all qualities outside of number depend on sense ...
Page 233
... Galileo's notion of divine geometry and for his brilliant argument against this . " these the Divine Wisdom " : see Galileo , Two Great Systems , as cited in Hugh Kearney , Science and Change , 1500-1700 , p . 146 . God has allowed us ...
... Galileo's notion of divine geometry and for his brilliant argument against this . " these the Divine Wisdom " : see Galileo , Two Great Systems , as cited in Hugh Kearney , Science and Change , 1500-1700 , p . 146 . God has allowed us ...
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MATTER | 3 |
LAND Her Changing Face | 47 |
TIMBER What Was There for Them | 56 |
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