The Rise of Early Modern Science: Islam, China, and the West
| AUTHOR | Huff, Toby E. |
| PUBLISHER | Cambridge University Press (06/15/2017) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
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Now in its third edition, The Rise of Early Modern Science argues that to understand why modern science arose in the West it is essential to study not only the technical aspects of scientific thought but also the religious, legal and institutional arrangements that either opened the doors for enquiry, or restricted scientific investigations. Toby E. Huff explores how the newly invented universities of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and the European legal revolution, created a neutral space that gave birth to the scientific revolution. Including expanded comparative analysis of the European, Islamic and Chinese legal systems, Huff now responds to the debates of the last decade to explain why the Western world was set apart from other civilisations.
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ISBN-13:
9781107130210
ISBN-10:
1107130212
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
Edition Number:
0003
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Page Count:
396
Carton Quantity:
22
Product Dimensions:
6.57 x 0.86 x 9.37 inches
Weight:
1.64 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Price on Product,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
GB
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Technology & Engineering | History
Technology & Engineering | History
Dewey Decimal:
509
Library of Congress Control Number:
2016050854
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Now in its third edition, The Rise of Early Modern Science argues that to understand why modern science arose in the West it is essential to study not only the technical aspects of scientific thought but also the religious, legal and institutional arrangements that either opened the doors for enquiry, or restricted scientific investigations. Toby E. Huff explores how the newly invented universities of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and the European legal revolution, created a neutral space that gave birth to the scientific revolution. Including expanded comparative analysis of the European, Islamic and Chinese legal systems, Huff now responds to the debates of the last decade to explain why the Western world was set apart from other civilisations.
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Author:
Huff, Toby E.
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).
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