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The great rift : literacy, numeracy, and the religion-science divide, Michael E. Hobart
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- Summary
- In their search for truth, contemporary religious believers and modern scientific investigators hold many values in common. But in their approaches, they express two fundamentally different conceptions of how to understand and represent the world. Michael E. Hobart looks for the origin of this difference in the work of Renaissance thinkers who invented a revolutionary mathematical system--relational numeracy. By creating meaning through numbers and abstract symbols rather than words, relational numeracy allowed inquisitive minds to vault beyond the constraints of language and explore the natural world with a fresh interpretive vision. The Great Rift is the first book to examine the religion-science divide through the history of information technology. Hobart follows numeracy as it emerged from the practical counting systems of merchants, the abstract notations of musicians, the linear perspective of artists, and the calendars and clocks of astronomers. As the technology of the alphabet and of mere counting gave way to abstract symbols, the earlier "thing-mathematics" metamorphosed into the relational mathematics of modern scientific investigation. Using these new information symbols, Galileo and his contemporaries mathematized motion and matter, separating the demonstrations of science from the linguistic logic of religious narration. Hobart locates the great rift between science and religion not in ideological disagreement but in advances in mathematics and symbolic representation that opened new windows onto nature. In so doing, he connects the cognitive breakthroughs of the past with intellectual debates ongoing in the twenty-first century.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 506 pages)
- Contents
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- The moment of modern science
- The birth of analysis
- Toward the mathematization of matter
- Demonstrations and narrations: the doctrine of two truths
- A world of words and things
- Demonstrable common sense: pre-modern science
- Early numeracy and the classifying of mathematics
- Thing mathematics: the medieval quadrivium
- Arithmetic: Hindu-Arabic numbers and the rise of commerce
- Music: taming time, tempering tone
- Geometry: the illusions of perspective and proportion
- Astronomy: the technologies of time
- Isbn
- 9780674985186
- Label
- The great rift : literacy, numeracy, and the religion-science divide
- Title
- The great rift
- Title remainder
- literacy, numeracy, and the religion-science divide
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael E. Hobart
- Subject
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- Mathematics
- Mathematics -- History
- Mathematics, Medieval
- Mathematics, Medieval
- Numeration
- Numeration -- History
- RELIGION -- Christianity | General
- BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Gaia & Earth Energies
- Religion and science -- History
- Science, Renaissance
- Science, Renaissance
- Signs and symbols
- Signs and symbols -- History
- Religion and science
- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In their search for truth, contemporary religious believers and modern scientific investigators hold many values in common. But in their approaches, they express two fundamentally different conceptions of how to understand and represent the world. Michael E. Hobart looks for the origin of this difference in the work of Renaissance thinkers who invented a revolutionary mathematical system--relational numeracy. By creating meaning through numbers and abstract symbols rather than words, relational numeracy allowed inquisitive minds to vault beyond the constraints of language and explore the natural world with a fresh interpretive vision. The Great Rift is the first book to examine the religion-science divide through the history of information technology. Hobart follows numeracy as it emerged from the practical counting systems of merchants, the abstract notations of musicians, the linear perspective of artists, and the calendars and clocks of astronomers. As the technology of the alphabet and of mere counting gave way to abstract symbols, the earlier "thing-mathematics" metamorphosed into the relational mathematics of modern scientific investigation. Using these new information symbols, Galileo and his contemporaries mathematized motion and matter, separating the demonstrations of science from the linguistic logic of religious narration. Hobart locates the great rift between science and religion not in ideological disagreement but in advances in mathematics and symbolic representation that opened new windows onto nature. In so doing, he connects the cognitive breakthroughs of the past with intellectual debates ongoing in the twenty-first century.--
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- 1944-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hobart, Michael E.
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- BL265.M3
- LC item number
- H63 2018eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Religion and science
- Numeration
- Mathematics
- Mathematics, Medieval
- Science, Renaissance
- Signs and symbols
- BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
- RELIGION
- Mathematics
- Mathematics, Medieval
- Numeration
- Religion and science
- Science, Renaissance
- Signs and symbols
- Label
- The great rift : literacy, numeracy, and the religion-science divide, Michael E. Hobart
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- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- cr
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- multicolored
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- Contents
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- The moment of modern science
- The birth of analysis
- Toward the mathematization of matter
- Demonstrations and narrations: the doctrine of two truths
- A world of words and things
- Demonstrable common sense: pre-modern science
- Early numeracy and the classifying of mathematics
- Thing mathematics: the medieval quadrivium
- Arithmetic: Hindu-Arabic numbers and the rise of commerce
- Music: taming time, tempering tone
- Geometry: the illusions of perspective and proportion
- Astronomy: the technologies of time
- Control code
- 1030438283
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 506 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780674985186
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- c
- Note
- LIBRARY COPY INCLUDES UNLIMITED USER PERPETUAL ACCESS TO EBOOK
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1030438283
- Label
- The great rift : literacy, numeracy, and the religion-science divide, Michael E. Hobart
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The moment of modern science
- The birth of analysis
- Toward the mathematization of matter
- Demonstrations and narrations: the doctrine of two truths
- A world of words and things
- Demonstrable common sense: pre-modern science
- Early numeracy and the classifying of mathematics
- Thing mathematics: the medieval quadrivium
- Arithmetic: Hindu-Arabic numbers and the rise of commerce
- Music: taming time, tempering tone
- Geometry: the illusions of perspective and proportion
- Astronomy: the technologies of time
- Control code
- 1030438283
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiv, 506 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780674985186
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- LIBRARY COPY INCLUDES UNLIMITED USER PERPETUAL ACCESS TO EBOOK
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1030438283
Subject
- Mathematics
- Mathematics -- History
- Mathematics, Medieval
- Mathematics, Medieval
- Numeration
- Numeration -- History
- RELIGION -- Christianity | General
- BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Gaia & Earth Energies
- Religion and science -- History
- Science, Renaissance
- Science, Renaissance
- Signs and symbols
- Signs and symbols -- History
- Religion and science
- History
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