The bright Dark Ages :
The bright Dark Ages : comparative and connective perspectives /
edited by Arun Bala and Prasenjit Duara.
- 1 online resource (xii, 289 pages) : illustration, map
- History of science and medicine library ; volume 53 Knowledge infrastructure and knowledge economy ; volume 5 .
- History of science and medicine library ; v. 53. History of science and medicine library. Knowledge infrastructure and knowledge economy ; v. 5. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction -- 1. The descent of theory -- 2. Philosophical implications of connective histories of sciences -- 3. Kuhn, Nisbett, thought experiments, and the Needham question -- 4. Anthropocosmic processes in the anthropocene: revisiting quantum mechanics vs. Chinese cosmology comparison -- 5. Ibn al-Haytham and the experimental method -- 6. Averroes and the development of a late medieval mechanical philosophy -- 7. Barbarous algebra, inferred axioms: Indic rhytms and enchoes in the rise of Western exact science -- 8. The transfer of geographic knowledge of Afro-Eurasia in the "Bright" middle ages: cases of late medieval European maps of the world -- 9. Jamu: the indigenous medical arts of the Indonesian archipelago -- 10. From zero to infinity: the Indian legacy of the bright dark ages -- 11. The Needham quesion and Southeast Asia: comparative and connective perspectives -- 12. Rethinking the Needham question: Why should Islamic civilization give rise to the scientific revolution? -- 13. The greatest mistake: teleology, anthropomorphism, the rise of the science -- 14. Rescuing science from civilization: on Joseph Needham's "Asiatic mode of (knowledge) production."
The European 'dark ages' in the millennium 500 to 1500 CE was a bright age of brilliant scientific achievements in China, India and the Middle East. The contributors to this volume address its implications for comparative and connective science studies.--
9789004264199 9004264191
12946338
2016002172
To 1500
Science, Medieval.
Middle Ages.
Science--History--Asia--To 1500.
Science--History--China--To 1500.
Science--History--India--To 1500.
Science--History--Islamic countries--To 1500.
History of Medicine.
Science--history.
SCIENCE--History.
Middle Ages.
Science.
Science, Medieval.
Asia.
China.
India.
Islamic countries.
Electronic books.
History.
Q127.A65 / B75 2016
509/.02
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introduction -- 1. The descent of theory -- 2. Philosophical implications of connective histories of sciences -- 3. Kuhn, Nisbett, thought experiments, and the Needham question -- 4. Anthropocosmic processes in the anthropocene: revisiting quantum mechanics vs. Chinese cosmology comparison -- 5. Ibn al-Haytham and the experimental method -- 6. Averroes and the development of a late medieval mechanical philosophy -- 7. Barbarous algebra, inferred axioms: Indic rhytms and enchoes in the rise of Western exact science -- 8. The transfer of geographic knowledge of Afro-Eurasia in the "Bright" middle ages: cases of late medieval European maps of the world -- 9. Jamu: the indigenous medical arts of the Indonesian archipelago -- 10. From zero to infinity: the Indian legacy of the bright dark ages -- 11. The Needham quesion and Southeast Asia: comparative and connective perspectives -- 12. Rethinking the Needham question: Why should Islamic civilization give rise to the scientific revolution? -- 13. The greatest mistake: teleology, anthropomorphism, the rise of the science -- 14. Rescuing science from civilization: on Joseph Needham's "Asiatic mode of (knowledge) production."
The European 'dark ages' in the millennium 500 to 1500 CE was a bright age of brilliant scientific achievements in China, India and the Middle East. The contributors to this volume address its implications for comparative and connective science studies.--
9789004264199 9004264191
12946338
2016002172
To 1500
Science, Medieval.
Middle Ages.
Science--History--Asia--To 1500.
Science--History--China--To 1500.
Science--History--India--To 1500.
Science--History--Islamic countries--To 1500.
History of Medicine.
Science--history.
SCIENCE--History.
Middle Ages.
Science.
Science, Medieval.
Asia.
China.
India.
Islamic countries.
Electronic books.
History.
Q127.A65 / B75 2016
509/.02