{"product_id":"thales-the-measurer-livio-rossetti-9780367687090","title":"Thales the Measurer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThales the Measurer\u003c\/em\u003e offers a comprehensive and iconoclastic account of Thales of Miletus, considering the full extent of our evidence to build a new picture of his intellectual interests and activity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThales is most commonly associated with the claim that 'everything is water', but closer examination of the evidence that we have suggests that he could not have said anything of the sort. His real interests, and his real innovations, lay in challenges of quantitative measurement, especially measurements related to the movement of the sun. In this he had no predecessors - and, for centuries to follow, no real successors either.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book is of interest for scholars in the history of philosophy, science, and life sciences. It is aimed especially at researchers in the field, but is also accessible to students and a more general readership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Livio Rossetti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367687097\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367687090\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Livio Rossetti","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072278884607,"sku":"9780367687090","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b7a9ff6f-cb25-4fed-bf17-c0f45ba583b9.jpg?v=1685441006","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thales-the-measurer-livio-rossetti-9780367687090","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}