The Dialogue of Civilizations in the Birth of Modern Science
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ISBN-13:
9780230609792
Veröffentl:
2008
Erscheinungsdatum:
19.10.2008
Seiten:
230
Autor:
A. Bala
Gewicht:
313 g
Format:
216x140x14 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Arun Bala challenges Eurocentric conceptions of history by showing how Chinese, Indian, Arabic, and ancient Egyptian ideas in philosophy, mathematics, cosmology and physics played an indispensable role in making possible the birth of modern science.
Arun Bala challenges the Eurocentric history of the conception of modern science
Preface Introduction Why Did Modern Science Not Develop in Civilization X? The Eurocentric History of Science Multicultural Histories of Science Towards a Thematic Approach to Multicultural History What Made the Renaissance in Europe? The Narrow Copernican Revolution The Alhazen Optical Revolution The Modern Atomic Revolution Integrating Hellenic and Indian Traditions Universal Mathematical Laws in a Mechanical Universe Fusing Solar and Stellar Cosmologies The Wider Copernican Revolution Contrasting Competitive Plausibility Bibliography Name Index Subject Index
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