The Measure of Reality

The Measure of Reality
Authors
Crosby, Alfred W.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Tags
history , science , philosophy
ISBN
9780521554275
Date
1988-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
3.53 MB
Lang
en
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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.