Adversaries and authorities. Investigations into ancient Greek and Chinese science. - LLOYD, G.E.R.,
investigations into ancient Greek and Chinese science
KORTE INHOUD
'Are contemporary differences in arts and sciences between East Asia and the West founded in the civilizations of ancient Greece and china? L.'s investigation into the methodology of science in the two cultures from the beginnings in the fifth century B.C.E. to the third century C.E. provides ammunition for both sides in the debate. (...) Unlike his predecessors (...)who were more concerned with the question of why modern discoveries did not originate in China, L. gives a brief examination of the common features of Greek and Chinese sciences but focuses on the philosophic, social, and cultural aspects which made science as a whole, and astronomy, mathematics, and medicine in particular, develop differently in ancient Greece and China. Being well aware of the danger of generalizations within a single culture and of general views crossing cultures, L. tentatively compares the Greek and Chinese attitudes towards a number of issues and attempts to solve some commonly recognized problems. (...) One of the lessons...
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1996Uitgever: Cambridge University Press250 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0521556953ISBN-13: 9780521556958Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Cambridge, 1996. XVII,250p. Paperback. Upper part front and back cover near spine a bit bumped. Series: Ideas in Context. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: LLOYD, G.E.R.,] [Uitgever: Cambridge University Press] [Jaar: 1996] [Titel: Adversaries and authorities. Investigations into ancient Greek and Chinese science.]
