Transformation of Knowledge: Early Manuscripts from the Schoenberg Collection - Softcover

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9781903470503: Transformation of Knowledge: Early Manuscripts from the Schoenberg Collection
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1903470501 ISBN 13: 9781903470503
Publisher: Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

The most remarkable records of human endeavour sit side by side in the Schoenberg Collection. The purpose behind this catalogue is not only to give their particulars but also to sketch their role in the history of ideas. The reflection of this history in the material gathered here spans over four thousand years, from the practice of arithmetic in Babylon in the third millennium BC to a report on submarine detection experiments in 1919. Manuscripts, properly speaking, are not rare; they are unique. Each one provides a snapshot of one or more individuals grappling with the intellectual problems of their time

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This remarkable colleciton of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in Western and Eastern languages reflect the collector's fascination with science and technology.

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Publisher
Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1903470501
ISBN 13 
9781903470503
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
160