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This book contains highly original essays on the sweep of Western
civilization from the middle ages to the present, including such
topics as conscience and usury, "probabilism" in science and
theology, systems of spiritual direction, Max Weber and economic
development. The author and editor explore issues in the
comparative history of science and the riveting question of why
modern science arose only in the West and not in China or the
Muslim world. It is a continuation of the challenging
civilizational agenda set out by Max Weber's writings on the world
religions, including the fate and vicissitudes of the Protestant
Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. Nelson had much to say about
processes of universalization, now studied as globalization.
Few people think of an Internet domain name like .us or .in as
anything other than an address-when, in fact, it often serves as a
roadmap to national identities and priorities. Addressing the World
looks behind eleven of the 240 global domain names, from the United
States and Australia to Moldova and East Timor, highlighting both
the technology and the larger social constructs that make each
distinct. Stories and first-person accounts by activists,
journalists, Internet administrators, lawyers, and academics
examine the sociological, historical, political, and technological
development of Internet country code top-level domains (ccTLDs).
Addressing the World reveals that technology is not just science
and domain names are not just practical-they are an entryway into
cultural education and understanding. Visit the author's website
for additional information, including chapter abstracts and
pictures and bios of all contributors.
Few people think of an Internet domain name like .us or .in as
anything other than an address when, in fact, it often serves as a
roadmap to national identities and priorities. Addressing the World
looks behind eleven of the 240 global domain names, from the United
States and Australia to Moldova and East Timor, highlighting both
the technology and the larger social constructs that make each
distinct. Stories and first-person accounts by activists,
journalists, Internet administrators, lawyers, and academics
examine the sociological, historical, political, and technological
development of Internet country code top-level domains (ccTLDs).
Addressing the World reveals that technology is not just science
and domain names are not just practical they are an entryway into
cultural education and understanding. Visit the author's website
for additional information, including chapter abstracts and
pictures and bios of all contributors."
Seventeenth-century Europe witnessed an extraordinary flowering of
discoveries and innovations. This study, beginning with the
Dutch-invented telescope of 1608, casts Galileo s discoveries into
a global framework. Although the telescope was soon transmitted to
China, Mughal India, and the Ottoman Empire, those civilizations
did not respond as Europeans did to the new instrument. In Europe,
there was an extraordinary burst of innovations in microscopy,
human anatomy, optics, pneumatics, electrical studies, and the
science of mechanics. Nearly all of those aided the emergence of
Newton s revolutionary grand synthesis, which unified terrestrial
and celestial physics under the law of universal gravitation. That
achievement had immense implications for all aspects of modern
science, technology, and economic development. The economic
implications are set out in the concluding epilogue. All these
unique developments suggest why the West experienced a singular
scientific and economic ascendancy of at least four centuries.
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.
The Student Study Guides are important and unique components that
are available for each of the six books in The Medieval & Early
Modern World series. Each of the Student Study Guides is designed
to be used with the student book at school or sent home for
homework assignments. The activities in the Student Study guide
will help students get the most out of their history books. Each
student study guide includes a chapter-by-chapter two-page lesson
that uses a variety of interesting activities to help a student
master history and develop important reading and study skills.
Seventeenth-century Europe witnessed an extraordinary flowering of
discoveries and innovations. This study, beginning with the
Dutch-invented telescope of 1608, casts Galileo s discoveries into
a global framework. Although the telescope was soon transmitted to
China, Mughal India, and the Ottoman Empire, those civilizations
did not respond as Europeans did to the new instrument. In Europe,
there was an extraordinary burst of innovations in microscopy,
human anatomy, optics, pneumatics, electrical studies, and the
science of mechanics. Nearly all of those aided the emergence of
Newton s revolutionary grand synthesis, which unified terrestrial
and celestial physics under the law of universal gravitation. That
achievement had immense implications for all aspects of modern
science, technology, and economic development. The economic
implications are set out in the concluding epilogue. All these
unique developments suggest why the West experienced a singular
scientific and economic ascendancy of at least four centuries.
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