The measure of reality : quantification and Western society, 1250-1600 /
"The Measure of Reality 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. It affected not only the obvious - such as meas...
| Основен автор: | Crosby, Alfred W., (Author) |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA :
Cambridge University Press,
1997.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=656897 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Measure of reality |
| Резюме: |
"The Measure of Reality 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. It affected not only the obvious - such as measurements of time and space and mathematical technique - but, equally and simultaneously, music and painting, thus proving that the shift was even more profound than once thought."--Jacket. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xii, 245 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781461951780 146195178X 9781107050518 1107050510 |