An edition of The measure of reality (1996)
The measure of reality
quantification and Western society, 1250-1600
By Alfred W. Crosby
Publish Date
1997
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Language
eng
Pages
245
Description:
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.
subjects: Historiometry, Civilization, Medieval, Renaissance, Methodology, Medieval Civilization, History, Europe, history, Europe, civilization, history, Technology, history, europe, Science, history, Civilization, western, history, Historiometrie, Histoire, Methodologie, Civilisation medievale, Methods, Civilization, Time, Mathematics, Art, Music, Weights and Measures
Places: Europe