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The Measure of Reality: Quantification and Western Society, 1250-1600
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Hardcover
from Cambridge Univ Pr (December 1, 1996)
9780521554275 | details & prices | 245 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $72.00
About: Profiles the time in European history when people believed that time, space, and distance could be measured, given a number, broken into smaller pieces, and studied
About: Profiles the time in European history when people believed that time, space, and distance could be measured, given a number, broken into smaller pieces, and studied
Paperback
Reprint edition from Cambridge Univ Pr (January 1, 1998)
9780521639903 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $25.99
About: 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.
About: 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.