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Re: Weeks



Howdy-

-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Karshner [mailto:Karshner@STMARYTX.EDU]
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 2:34 PM
I have long wondered how our demand for high
numerical precision evolved.

I recommend the book _The Measure of Reality: Quantification and Western
Society, 1250-1600_ by Alfred W. Crosby. It documents the change from the
qualitative to the quantitative in maps, clocks, music and finances. It
traces the growing Western obsession with precision and how that helped the
ascendancy of the West.

Marc Kossover