TY - BOOK AU - Ben-Zaken,Avner TI - Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchanges in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1560-1660 SN - 9780801899928 AV - Q127.M38 B46 2010 U1 - 509.182/209031 PY - 2010/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Science-Mediterranean Region-History-16th century KW - Science-Mediterranean Region-History-17th century KW - Cultural relations KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION. Incommensurable Cultures? -- 1 Trading Clocks, Globes, and Captives in the End Time -- 2 Exchanging Heliocentrism for Ur-Text -- 3 Transcending Time in the Scribal East -- 4 Converting Measurements and Invoking the "Linguistic Leviathan -- 5 Exchanging Heavens and Hearts -- CONCLUTION. From "Incommensurability of Cultures" to Mutually Embraced Zones -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z N2 - His findings reshape our understanding of scientific discourse in this critical period and contribute to the growing field of cross-cultural Christian-Muslim studies UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4398363 ER -