The Measure of Reality: Quantification in Western Europe, 1250-1600

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Cambridge University Press, 13.12.1997 - 245 sivua
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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Preface page ix
1
An Introduction
3
The Venerable Model
21
Necessary but Insufficient Causes
49
Time
75
Space 10995
95
Mathematics
109
VISUALIZATION
127
An Introduction
129
Music
139
Painting
165
Bookkeeping
199
PART THREE EPILOGUE
225
The New Model
227
Index 241
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The Measure of Reality: Quantification in Western Europe, 1250–1600
Alfred W. Crosby
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The Measure of Reality: Quantification in Western Europe, 1250-1600
Alfred W. Crosby
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Alfred Worcester Crosby Jr. was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 15, 1931. He received a bachelor's degree in history from Harvard University in 1952. He served as a sergeant in the Army in the Panama Canal Zone. After his service, he received a doctorate in history from Boston University. He taught at Washington State University for 11 years and at the University of Texas in Austin for 22 years. He retired in 1999 as professor emeritus of geography, history, and American studies. He was considered the father of environmental history. He incorporated studies of biology, ecology, geography, and other sciences in his efforts to chronicle and understand human events. He wrote numerous books including The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492; Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900; Germs, Seeds and Animals: Studies in Ecological History; The Measure of Reality: Quantification and Western Society, 1250-1600; and Children of the Sun: A History of Humanity's Unappeasable Appetite for Energy. He died from complications of Parkinson's disease on March 14, 2018 at the age of 87.

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OtsikkoThe Measure of Reality: Quantification in Western Europe, 1250-1600
KirjoittajaAlfred W. Crosby
Painoskuvitettu, uusintapainos, tarkistettu
KustantajaCambridge University Press, 1997
ISBN0521639905, 9780521639903
Pituus245 sivua
  
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