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The bright Dark Ages : comparative and connective perspectives / edited by Arun Bala and Prasenjit Duara.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: History of science and medicine library ; v. 53. | History of science and medicine library. Knowledge infrastructure and knowledge economy ; ; v. 5.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resource (xii, 289 pages) : illustration, mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004264199
  • 9004264191
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Bright Dark Ages.DDC classification:
  • 509/.02 23
LOC classification:
  • Q127.A65 B75 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
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."
Summary: 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.-- Provided by publisher.
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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."

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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.-- Provided by publisher.

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