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" The dialogue of civilizations in the birth of modern science / "
Arun Bala.
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BL
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596714
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GBA898317b425933
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| Main Entry
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Bala, Arun.
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| Title & Author
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The dialogue of civilizations in the birth of modern science /\ Arun Bala.
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1st Palgrave pbk. ed.
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Basingstoke :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2008.
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xii, 230 p. ;; 22 cm.
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| ISBN
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9780230609792 (pbk.)
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: 0230609791 (pbk.)
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| Notes
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Originally published: 2006.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Why did modern science not develop in civilization X? -- The Eurocentric history of science -- Multicultural histories of science -- Towards a thematic approach to multicultural history -- What made the Renaissance in Europe? -- The narrow Copernican revolution -- The Alhazen optical revolution -- The modern atomic revolution -- Integrating Hellenic and Indian traditions -- Universal mathematical laws in a mechanical universe -- Fusing solar and stellar cosmologies -- The wider Copernican revolution -- Contrasting competitive plausibility.
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Science-- History.
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Science-- Philosophy.
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Science and civilization.
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509
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