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...

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1. Verfasser: Crosby, Alfred W. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
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Zusammenfassung:"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
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xii, 245 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781461951780
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