Lessons from the Empire of Writing
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 14856253 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Cordell D K Yee (St. John's College of Nursing, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2012 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Fascículo | 1 |
| Páginas | 125-143 |
| Data de publicação | 2012-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Academic Questions (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0895-4852 • E-ISSN: 1936-4709 |
| Editora | National Association of Scholars (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12129-012-9273-z |
| OpenAlex | W1984961458 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 9 |
One of the reasons often advanced for the study of Western civilization is its history of scientific and technical prowess. Advances in science and technology have resulted in the many conveniences of modern life: air travel, automobiles, and smart phones, to name just a few. These are fruits of the Baconian project, which emphasized observation and measurement in the study of nature as part of an endeavor to “establish and extend the power and dominion of the human race itself over the whole universe.” 1 Bacon identified three inventions that separated the ancients from the moderns: the magnetic compass, gunpowder, and printing. 2 Of interest here
Empire · Higher education · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Philosophy of education · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Law · Lexicography and Language Studies · Psychology
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
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| Altamente citado | Não |