The Measure of Reality: Quantification in Western Europe, 1250-1600 by Alfred W. Crosby

The Measure of Reality: Quantification in Western Europe, 1250-1600

Alfred W. Crosby

262 pages paperback 1988

5 editions

nonfiction history philosophy science informative slow-paced
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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 q...

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