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Intellectual Curiosity and the Scientific Revolution - A Global Perspective (Hardcover): Toby E. Huff Intellectual Curiosity and the Scientific Revolution - A Global Perspective (Hardcover)
Toby E. Huff
R2,473 Discovery Miles 24 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

On the Roads to Modernity - Conscience, Science, and Civilizations: Selected Writings by Benjamin Nelson, with a New... On the Roads to Modernity - Conscience, Science, and Civilizations: Selected Writings by Benjamin Nelson, with a New Introduction (Paperback, Revised)
Toby E. Huff
R1,333 Discovery Miles 13 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

Addressing the World - National Identity and Internet Country Code Domains (Paperback, New): Erica Schlesinger Wass Addressing the World - National Identity and Internet Country Code Domains (Paperback, New)
Erica Schlesinger Wass; Contributions by Dana M. Gallup, Tushar A . Gandhi, Toby E. Huff, Patrik Linden, …
R1,057 Discovery Miles 10 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

Addressing the World - National Identity and Internet Country Code Domains (Hardcover): Erica Schlesinger Wass Addressing the World - National Identity and Internet Country Code Domains (Hardcover)
Erica Schlesinger Wass; Contributions by Dana M. Gallup, Tushar A . Gandhi, Toby E. Huff, Patrik Linden, …
R2,425 Discovery Miles 24 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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."

The Rise of Early Modern Science - Islam, China, and the West (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition): Toby E. Huff The Rise of Early Modern Science - Islam, China, and the West (Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)
Toby E. Huff
R1,049 Discovery Miles 10 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

Intellectual Curiosity and the Scientific Revolution - A Global Perspective (Paperback): Toby E. Huff Intellectual Curiosity and the Scientific Revolution - A Global Perspective (Paperback)
Toby E. Huff
R850 Discovery Miles 8 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

Student Study Guide to An Age of Science and Revolutions, 1600-1800 (Paperback, Pbk Version): Toby E. Huff Student Study Guide to An Age of Science and Revolutions, 1600-1800 (Paperback, Pbk Version)
Toby E. Huff
R238 Discovery Miles 2 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

The Rise of Early Modern Science - Islam, China, and the West (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition): Toby E. Huff The Rise of Early Modern Science - Islam, China, and the West (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition)
Toby E. Huff
R2,675 Discovery Miles 26 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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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