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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA :
Cambridge University Press,
1997.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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 |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 245 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781461951780 146195178X 9781107050518 1107050510 1107702291 9781107702295 1139886665 9781139886666 1107701511 9781107701519 1107687292 9781107687295 1107597838 9781107597839 1107703514 9781107703513 |