A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History

A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History
Title A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History PDF eBook
Author Manuel De Landa
Publisher Princeton University Press
Pages 342
Release 1997
Genre History
ISBN

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More than a simple expository history, A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History sketches the outlines of a renewed materialist philosophy of history in the tradition of Fernand Braudel, Gilles Deleuze, and F lix Guattari, while also engaging the critical new understanding of material processes derived from the sciences of dynamics.Following in the wake of his groundbreaking War in the Age of Intelligent Machines, Manuel De Landa presents a radical synthesis of historical development over the last one thousand years. More than a simple expository history, A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History sketches the outlines of a renewed materialist philosophy of history in the tradition of Fernand Braudel, Gilles Deleuze, and F lix Guattari, while also engaging the critical new understanding of material processes derived from the sciences of dynamics. Working against prevailing attitudes that see history as an arena of texts, discourses, ideologies, and metaphors, De Landa traces the concrete movements and interplays of matter and energy through human populations in the last millennium. De Landa attacks three domains that have given shape to human societies: economics, biology, and linguistics. In every case, what one sees is the self-directed processes of matter and energy interacting with the whim and will of human history itself to form a panoramic vision of the West free of rigid teleology and naive notions of progress, and even more important, free of any deterministic source of its urban, institutional, and technological forms. Rather, the source of all concrete forms in the West's history are shown to derive from internal morphogenetic capabilities that lie within the flow of matter-energy itself.

The Year 1000

The Year 1000
Title The Year 1000 PDF eBook
Author Robert Lacey
Publisher Abacus (UK)
Pages 230
Release 2000
Genre England
ISBN 9780349113067

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THE YEAR 1000 is a vivid evocation of how English people lived a thousand years ago - no spinach, sugar or Caesarean operations in which the mother had any chance of survival, but a world that knew brain surgeons, property developers and, yes, even the occasional gossip columnist. In the spirit of modern investigative journalism, Lacey and Danziger interviewed the leading historians and archaeologists in their field. In the year 1000 the changing seasons shaped a life that was, by our standards, both soothingly quiet and frighteningly hazardous - and if you survived, you could expect to grow to just about the same height and stature as anyone living today. This exuberant and informative book concludes as the shadow of the millennium descends across England and Christendom, with prophets of doom invoking the spectre of the Anti-Christ. Here comes the abacus - the medieval calculating machine - along with bewildering new concepts like infinity and zero. These are portents of the future, and THE YEAR 1000 finishes by examining the human and social ingredients that were to make for survival and success in the next thousand years.

Four Thousand Years Ago

Four Thousand Years Ago
Title Four Thousand Years Ago PDF eBook
Author Geoffrey Bibby
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 1964
Genre Civilization, Ancient
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The First Thousand Years

The First Thousand Years
Title The First Thousand Years PDF eBook
Author Robert Louis Wilken
Publisher Yale University Press
Pages 416
Release 2012-11-27
Genre Religion
ISBN 0300118848

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Describes the first 1,000 years of Christian history, from the early practices and beliefs through the conversion of Constantine as well as documenting its growth to communities in Ethiopia, Armenia, Central Asia, India and China.

Science

Science
Title Science PDF eBook
Author Patricia Fara
Publisher OUP Oxford
Pages 782
Release 2010-02-11
Genre Science
ISBN 0191655570

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Science: A Four Thousand Year History rewrites science's past. Instead of focussing on difficult experiments and abstract theories, Patricia Fara shows how science has always belonged to the practical world of war, politics, and business. Rather than glorifying scientists as idealized heroes, she tells true stories about real people - men (and some women) who needed to earn their living, who made mistakes, and who trampled down their rivals in their quest for success. Fara sweeps through the centuries, from ancient Babylon right up to the latest hi-tech experiments in genetics and particle physics, illuminating the financial interests, imperial ambitions, and publishing enterprises that have made science the powerful global phenomenon that it is today. She also ranges internationally, illustrating the importance of scientific projects based around the world, from China to the Islamic empire, as well as the more familiar tale of science in Europe, from Copernicus to Charles Darwin and beyond. Above all, this four thousand year history challenges scientific supremacy, arguing controversially that science is successful not because it is always right - but because people have said that it is right.

The Last 1000 Years

The Last 1000 Years
Title The Last 1000 Years PDF eBook
Author Anita Ganeri
Publisher
Pages 176
Release 1999
Genre World history
ISBN 9780752530482

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Readable text and rich illustrations combine to provide an informative look at the last millennium.

Ten Thousand Years of Inequality

Ten Thousand Years of Inequality
Title Ten Thousand Years of Inequality PDF eBook
Author Timothy A. Kohler
Publisher University of Arizona Press
Pages 353
Release 2018-04-17
Genre History
ISBN 0816537747

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"Field-defining research that will set the standard for understanding inequality in archaeological contexts"--Provided by publisher.