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The Measure of Reality: Quantification in Western Europe, 1250-1600
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 am...more
Paperback, 262 pages
Published
December 13th 1997
by Cambridge University Press
(first published November 28th 1996)
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This book is an incoherent mess. Buried somewhere among the thickets of impenetrable prose, run-on sentences and sundry atrocities against the English language is a semi-decent idea. But Alfred W. Crosby sorely lacks the skills to bring it to light.
It's rare that a book can actually make me flinch, but AWC managed it on every other page. Two sample paragraphs convey the flavor of the writing:
Pantometry is one of the neologisms that appeared in increasing numbers in the...more
It's rare that a book can actually make me flinch, but AWC managed it on every other page. Two sample paragraphs convey the flavor of the writing:
Pantometry is one of the neologisms that appeared in increasing numbers in the...more
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The growth of measurement culture in the late Medieval and Renaissance periods. Lots of talk about perspective in painting, doubleentry bookkeeping, musical notation etc and so on. Brief, but not without insights. Rated G. 3/5
I've been reading this book for at least 2 years; I'm sure that I'll re-read it when I finish. It's thought-provoking and enlightening, and great for conversations.
too much descriptive. good as a reference for 'history of mearuring' in the West
FRA
Tout bon citoyen devrait lire ce livre. Il est essentiel pour savoir comment comprendre la nature de la Science et comment voter. C'est un livre qui explique les fondements de notre société technologique, en nous parlant de la naissance de la quantification au 13e siècle.
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Any good citizen should read this book. It is essential in order to know the nature of Science, and who to vote for. It's about the birth of quantification in the 13th century, where ...more
Tout bon citoyen devrait lire ce livre. Il est essentiel pour savoir comment comprendre la nature de la Science et comment voter. C'est un livre qui explique les fondements de notre société technologique, en nous parlant de la naissance de la quantification au 13e siècle.
ENG
Any good citizen should read this book. It is essential in order to know the nature of Science, and who to vote for. It's about the birth of quantification in the 13th century, where ...more
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Quantitative developments in Conceptual thinking, learning and mapping allowed Western Europe to jump from worst to first over the last half a millennium or so.
i love this book. The guy is so excited about his subject.
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