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The bright Dark Ages : comparative and connective perspectives /
The European 'dark ages' in the millennium 500 to 1500 CE was a bright age of brilliant scientific achievements in China, India and the Middle East. The contributors to this volume address its implications for comparative and connective science studies.--
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2016]
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| Colección: | History of science and medicine library ;
v. 53. History of science and medicine library. Knowledge infrastructure and knowledge economy ; v. 5. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- 1. The descent of theory
- 2. Philosophical implications of connective histories of sciences
- 3. Kuhn, Nisbett, thought experiments, and the Needham question
- 4. Anthropocosmic processes in the anthropocene: revisiting quantum mechanics vs. Chinese cosmology comparison
- 5. Ibn al-Haytham and the experimental method
- 6. Averroes and the development of a late medieval mechanical philosophy
- 7. Barbarous algebra, inferred axioms: Indic rhytms and enchoes in the rise of Western exact science
- 8. The transfer of geographic knowledge of Afro-Eurasia in the "Bright" middle ages: cases of late medieval European maps of the world
- 9. Jamu: the indigenous medical arts of the Indonesian archipelago
- 10. From zero to infinity: the Indian legacy of the bright dark ages
- 11. The Needham quesion and Southeast Asia: comparative and connective perspectives
- 12. Rethinking the Needham question: Why should Islamic civilization give rise to the scientific revolution?
- 13. The greatest mistake: teleology, anthropomorphism, the rise of the science
- 14. Rescuing science from civilization: on Joseph Needham's "Asiatic mode of (knowledge) production."