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The Rise of Early Modern Science : Islam, China, and the West (Second Edition)

By Toby E. Huff

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge UP
Year
2009
ISBN
0521823021, 0521529948, 9780521823029, 9780521529945
LCC
Q127.A5 H84 2003
Google Books ID
DA3fkX5wQMUC
Open Library ID
OL22551619M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (17117325 bytes)
Edition
2009 digital printing of the 2nd ed. 2003
Pages
448\448
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

Toby Huff examines the long-standing question of why modern science arose only in the West and not in the civilizations of Islam and China, despite the fact that medieval Islam and China were more scientifically advanced. Huff explores the cultural contexts within which science was practiced in Islam, China, and the West. He finds major clues in the history of law and the European cultural revolution of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, as to why the ethos of science arose in the West and permitted the breakthrough to modern science that did not occur elsewhere. First Edition Hb (1993): 0-521-43496-3 First Edition Pb (1995): 0-521-49833-3

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