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Taking measure of reality : quantification and Western society, 1250-1600

By Crosby , Alfred W

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1996
ISBN
0521554276, 978-0-521-55427-5, 978-0-521-63990-3
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
111 MB (116138138 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
245\264
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Europe -- History -- 476-1492. EuMedieval. Renaissance.

Description

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. More people in Western Europe thought quantitatively in the sixteenth century than in any other part of the world, enabling them to become the world's leaders. With amusing detail and historical anecdote, Alfred Crosby discusses the shift from qualitative to quantitative perception that occurred during the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. Alfred W. Crosby is the author of five books, including the award-winning Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 (Cambridge, 1986)

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