The Measure of Reality

Name: The Measure of Reality
Author: Alfred W. Crosby

Quantification in Western Europe, 1250–1600

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Gebonden, 262 blz. | Engels

Cambridge University Press | e druk, 1996

ISBN13: 9780521554275

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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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ISBN13:9780521554275

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:Gebonden

Aantal pagina's:262

Uitgever:Cambridge University Press

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Part I. Pantometria Achieved: 1. Pantometria, an introduction; 2. The venerable model; 3. Necessary, but insufficient; 4. Time; 5. Space; 6. Mathematics; Part II. Striking the Match: Visualization: 7. Visualization, an introduction; 8. Music; 9. Painting; 10. Bookkeeping; Part III. The New Model.

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