| The Measure of Reality: Quantification and Western Society, 1250-1600 Contributor(s): Crosby, Alfred W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521554276 ISBN-13: 9780521554275 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $105.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1996 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Renaissance - History | Western Europe - General |
| Dewey: 940 |
| LCCN: 96003092 |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 6.3" W x 9.28" (1.13 lbs) 245 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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) |