The History of Metaphors of Nature: Science and Literature from Homer to Al Gore, Volume 2Edwin Mellen Press, 2006 - 925 pagine 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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... important field studies . He invented the lysimeter , which is a giant funnel into which one places soil in the most natural way possible , and grows crops or wild plants on top . After the soil has settled and compacted , one measures ...
... important field studies . He invented the lysimeter , which is a giant funnel into which one places soil in the most natural way possible , and grows crops or wild plants on top . After the soil has settled and compacted , one measures ...
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... important supporters of James Joyce . She also had flux tropes in her work . For example , in " Many Many Women " ( 1910 ) she obliquely described people eating and drinking : “ All that can be included is not all that is withheld and ...
... important supporters of James Joyce . She also had flux tropes in her work . For example , in " Many Many Women " ( 1910 ) she obliquely described people eating and drinking : “ All that can be included is not all that is withheld and ...
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... important segment ) , how people wrote about nature , and how natural science came to better understand nature , is more important to me than any hypotheses I have presented which come from this history . As a geologist I am also an ...
... important segment ) , how people wrote about nature , and how natural science came to better understand nature , is more important to me than any hypotheses I have presented which come from this history . As a geologist I am also an ...
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