The History of Metaphors of Nature: Science and Literature from Homer to Al Gore, Tập 2Edwin Mellen Press, 2006 - 925 trang This book shows how modern European Languages have a large number of metaphors which represent the whole of nature. Metaphors used in natural science and literature, such as Mother Nature, have a powerful influence on the framing of scientific hypothesis making, and these words have guided the history of natural science for several millennia, while also influencing North American nature writing. |
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... fossils , and in geology in general . The misunderstanding of the meaning of fossils was due to the theological conceptions of creation . This misunderstanding prevented people from seeing the true meaning of fossils and the history of ...
... fossils , and in geology in general . The misunderstanding of the meaning of fossils was due to the theological conceptions of creation . This misunderstanding prevented people from seeing the true meaning of fossils and the history of ...
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... fossils and fossil plants . He was able to show that the fine structure of living things was sometimes well preserved in fossils ( Taton , 1963 , v . 2 , p . 378 ) . Hooke believed that the earth was created a prefect sphere but that ...
... fossils and fossil plants . He was able to show that the fine structure of living things was sometimes well preserved in fossils ( Taton , 1963 , v . 2 , p . 378 ) . Hooke believed that the earth was created a prefect sphere but that ...
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... fossils were published . Anton Lazzaro Moro proposed that fossils found on mountains had been thrown out of the sea by volcanic eruptions and then covered with sediments in lakes and lithified . Many careful anatomical studies of fossils ...
... fossils were published . Anton Lazzaro Moro proposed that fossils found on mountains had been thrown out of the sea by volcanic eruptions and then covered with sediments in lakes and lithified . Many careful anatomical studies of fossils ...
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Ahura Mazda alchemy ancient Angra Mainyu animals Aristotle astronomical Averroes became believed book of nature Burroughs called Cavendish century Christian conservation Copernicus created creation creator culture Darwin developed dynamic equilibrium early earth Emerson Encyclopedia environmental European evolution example famous flow flux of nature flux trope forest fossils founder geological Glacken globe goddess gods Greek heaven Hebrew Heraclitus human Hutton Huxley hydrologic cycle idea important intellectual interesting James Hutton Jewish John King land language lived magic Medieval metaphor modern moon mountains Muir myths natural science nature writer notion ocean pagan philosopher planet Plato poem poet popular Project Gutenberg Ptolemy published rain religion religious Renaissance rivers rocks Roman Empire Saint Sarton scientific scientists seems soil sphere spirit stars story stream Sumerian Taton theory things Thoreau Thorndike thought tree trope word writing written wrote Yggdrasil York