TY  - BOOK
AU  - Crosby,Alfred W.
TI  - The measure of reality: quantification and Western society, 1250-1600 
SN  - 9781461951780
AV  - D202 .M437 1997
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Cambridge [England], New York, NY, USA
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Historiometry
KW  - History
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Civilization, Medieval
KW  - Renaissance
KW  - Time
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Art
KW  - Music
KW  - Weights and measures
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - "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
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