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Cross-cultural scientific exchanges in the eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660
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080189476X (hbk.)
9780801894763 (hbk.)
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Ben-Zaken, Avner
Title
Cross-cultural scientific exchanges in the eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 / [by] Avner Ben-Zaken
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010
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246 p. ; ill. (b&w), facsims., map ; 24 cm.
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CBL illustrations: p. [39], fig. 7 (T 414.253)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-235) and index.
Contents
Introduction: incommensurable cultures? -- Trading clocks, globes, and captives in the end time -- Exchanging heliocentrism for Ur-text -- Transcending time in the scribal East -- Converting measurements and invoking the 'linguistic leviathan' -- Exchanging heavens and hearts -- Conclusion: from 'incommensurability of cultures' to mutually embraced zones.
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Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- T 414
Science -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- 16th century
Science -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- 17th century
Cultural relations
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