Measure of Reality Quantification in Western Europe, 1250–1600
Heftet /
1997
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780521639903
Publisert
1997-12-13
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
380 gr
Høyde
226 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
P, U, G, 06, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
262
Forfatter
Western Europeans were among the first, if not the first, to invent mechanical clocks, geometrically precise maps, double-entry bookkeeping, precise algebraic and musical notations, and perspective painting. By the sixteenth century more people were thinking quantitatively in western Europe than in any other part of the world. The Measure of Reality, first published in 1997, discusses the epochal shift from qualitative to quantitative perception in Western Europe during the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. This shift made modern science, technology, business practice and bureaucracy possible.
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'In this thoroughly fascinating monograph, Alfred W. Crosby asks a fundamental question: How and why did it come to pass that Europeans, seemingly backward bumpkins in medieval times, became so successful as imperialists?' John Allen Paulos, LA Times
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This 1997 book discusses the shift to quantitative perception which made modern science, technology, business practice and bureaucracy possible.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780521639903
Publisert
1997-12-13
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
380 gr
Høyde
226 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
17 mm
Aldersnivå
P, U, G, 06, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
262
Forfatter