The measure of reality : quantification and Western society, 1250-1600 /
Crosby, Alfred W.,
The measure of reality : quantification and Western society, 1250-1600 / Alfred W. Crosby. - Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, (c)1997. - 1 online resource (xii, 245 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Pantometry achieved. Pantometry: an introduction ; The venerable model ; Necessary but insufficient causes ; Time ; Space ; Mathematics -- Striking the match: Visualization. Visualization: an introduction ; Music ; Painting ; Bookkeeping -- Epilogue. The new model.
"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."--Jacket
9781461951780 9781107050518 9781107702295 9781139886666 9781107701519 9781107687295 9781107597839 9781107703513
Historiometry.
History--Methodology.
Civilization, Medieval.
Renaissance.
History.
Time.
Mathematics.
Art.
Music.
Weights and measures.
Electronic Books.
D202 / .M437 1997
The measure of reality : quantification and Western society, 1250-1600 / Alfred W. Crosby. - Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, (c)1997. - 1 online resource (xii, 245 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Pantometry achieved. Pantometry: an introduction ; The venerable model ; Necessary but insufficient causes ; Time ; Space ; Mathematics -- Striking the match: Visualization. Visualization: an introduction ; Music ; Painting ; Bookkeeping -- Epilogue. The new model.
"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."--Jacket
9781461951780 9781107050518 9781107702295 9781139886666 9781107701519 9781107687295 9781107597839 9781107703513
Historiometry.
History--Methodology.
Civilization, Medieval.
Renaissance.
History.
Time.
Mathematics.
Art.
Music.
Weights and measures.
Electronic Books.
D202 / .M437 1997