Alfred W. Crosby

The Measure of Reality

Quantification and Western Society, 1250-1600

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 583g
• ISBN-13: 9780521554275
• ISBN-10: 0521554276
• Artikelnr.: 21821568

Inhaltsangabe

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.