TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bala,Arun
AU  - Duara,Prasenjit
TI  - The bright Dark Ages: comparative and connective perspectives 
T2  - History of science and medicine library
SN  - 9789004264199
AV  - Q127.A65 B75 2016
U1  - 509/.02 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Science, Medieval
KW  - Middle Ages
KW  - Science
KW  - Asia
KW  - History
KW  - To 1500
KW  - China
KW  - India
KW  - Islamic countries
KW  - History of Medicine
KW  - history
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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."
N2  - 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.--
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