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The Measure of Reality : Quantification in Western Europe, 1250-1600
The Measure of Reality Quantification in Western Europe 12501600
Author: Alfred W. Crosby
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...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521554275
ISBN-10: 0521554276
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: 257
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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