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This study, beginning with the Dutch-invented telescope of 1608 and then Galileo's discoveries, casts the European advancements in modern science, technology, and economic development into a global framework.
This study, beginning with the Dutch-invented telescope of 1608 and then Galileo's discoveries, casts the European advancements in modern science, technology, and economic development into a global framework.
Über den Autor
Toby Huff is a Research Associate at Harvard University in the Department of Astronomy and Chancellor Professor Emeritus in Policy Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. He has lectured in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East and lived in Malaysia. He is the author of The Rise of Early Modern Science: Islam, China and the West (Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition, 2003), co-editor with Wolfgang Schluchter of Max Weber and Islam (1999), and author of An Age of Science and Revolutions, 1600-1800 (2005).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I. Something New Under the Sun: 1. Introduction: outline of a new perspective; 2. Inventing the discovery machine; 3. The new telescopic evidence; 4. The 'far seeing looking glass' goes to China; 5. 'Galileo's glass' goes to the Muslim world; Part II. Patterns of Education: 6. Three ideals of higher education: Islamic, Chinese, and Western; Part III. Science Unbound: 7. Infectious curiosity I: anatomy and microbiology; 8. Infectious curiosity II: weighing the air and atmospheric pressure; 9. Infectious curiosity III: magnetism and electricity; 10. Prelude to the grand synthesis; 11. The path to the grand synthesis; 12. The scientific revolution in comparative perspective; Epilogue: science, literacy and economic development.
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Erscheinungsjahr: | 2010 |
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Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Technik |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780521170529 |
ISBN-10: | 0521170524 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Huff, Toby E. |
Hersteller: | Cambridge University Press |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 22 mm |
Von/Mit: | Toby E. Huff |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 16.12.2010 |
Gewicht: | 0,6 kg |
Über den Autor
Toby Huff is a Research Associate at Harvard University in the Department of Astronomy and Chancellor Professor Emeritus in Policy Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. He has lectured in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East and lived in Malaysia. He is the author of The Rise of Early Modern Science: Islam, China and the West (Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition, 2003), co-editor with Wolfgang Schluchter of Max Weber and Islam (1999), and author of An Age of Science and Revolutions, 1600-1800 (2005).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Part I. Something New Under the Sun: 1. Introduction: outline of a new perspective; 2. Inventing the discovery machine; 3. The new telescopic evidence; 4. The 'far seeing looking glass' goes to China; 5. 'Galileo's glass' goes to the Muslim world; Part II. Patterns of Education: 6. Three ideals of higher education: Islamic, Chinese, and Western; Part III. Science Unbound: 7. Infectious curiosity I: anatomy and microbiology; 8. Infectious curiosity II: weighing the air and atmospheric pressure; 9. Infectious curiosity III: magnetism and electricity; 10. Prelude to the grand synthesis; 11. The path to the grand synthesis; 12. The scientific revolution in comparative perspective; Epilogue: science, literacy and economic development.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2010 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Technik |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9780521170529 |
ISBN-10: | 0521170524 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Huff, Toby E. |
Hersteller: | Cambridge University Press |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 22 mm |
Von/Mit: | Toby E. Huff |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 16.12.2010 |
Gewicht: | 0,6 kg |
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