Time, Science, and Society in China and the West: The Study of Time V
Language: English
Published by University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA, 1986
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- Title
- Time, Science, and Society in China and the West: The Study of Time V
- Author
- Fraser, J. T.; Lawrence, N.; Haber, F. C. (Editors)
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA
- Publication year
- 1986
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0870234951
- ISBN 13
- 9780870234958
- Item weight
- 680 grams
- Dimensions
- 2.54 centimeters width by 17.78 centimeters height by 26.04 centimeters depth
- Seller catalogs
- Asia, History, Science
This collection of original papers continues the exploration. Focusing on the idea and experience of time, twenty-four scholars from China and the West speak of the different aspects of cultural life and tradition that favored the creation of mathematized science in Europe and discouraged such development in China.
An understanding of this cultural history is of interest to modern China, which labors to join the advanced scientific and technological communities of the world. It is also of interest to those concerned with the position of science and technology in the West, since a comparative interpretation of the origins of Western advances helps identify the many problems those very advances have created.
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About the Author
The late N. Lawrence was Massachusetts Professor of Philosophy at Williams College and chair of the department. He held degrees in biology, divinity, and philosophy and taught at UCLA, Yale, Harvard, and from 1956 until his death in 1986, at Williams College. His works include books on Whitehead, on existential phenomenology, and on the philosophical themes in modern education; he coedited The Study of Time II-V.
F.C. Haber is professor of history at the University of Maryland, College Park. In addition to other publications, he has articles in The Study of Time I and II.
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