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The History of Metaphors of Nature
Stephen A. Norwick
其他書名
Science and Literature from Homer to Al Gore
出版Edwin Mellen Press, 2006
主題History / CivilizationLanguage Arts & Disciplines / GeneralLiterary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / NatureScience / Life Sciences / GeneralScience / Natural History
ISBN07734559229780773455924
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=eQRtAAAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This book shows how modern European Languages have a large number of metaphors which represent the whole of nature. For example, Mother Nature, the celestial harmony, the great chain of being, and the book of nature, are used in natural science and in literature. These and other metaphors have a powerful influence on the framing of scientific hypothesis making, and these words have guided the history of natural science for several millennia. Each chapter in this book is a parallel longitudinal history of a word or phrase which represents the whole of nature, and which has influenced natural science and general literature, and especially North American nature writing.