The dialogue of civilizations in the birth of modern science / Arun Bala.
Pubblicazione:
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Descrizione fisica:
XII, 230 p. ; 22 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Preface and acknowledgments. 1. Introduction 2. Why did modern science not develop in civilization X? 3. The eurocentric history of science 4. Multicultural histories of science 5. Toward a thematic approach to multicultural history 6. What made the Renaissance in Europe? 7. The narrow Copernican revolution 8. The Alhazen optical revolution 9. The modern atomic revolution 10. Integrating Hellenic and Indian traditions 11. Universal mathematical laws in a mechanical universe 12. Fusing solar and stellar cosmologies 13. The wider Copernican revolution 14. Contrasting competitive plausibility. Notes. Bibliography. Name index. Subject index
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