《The Origin of Modern Science》 - Kindai Kagaku no Kigen

Japanese: 《近代科学の起源》 - きんだいかがくのきげん
《The Origin of Modern Science》 - Kindai Kagaku no Kigen

In the narrow sense, it refers to the content used by H. Butterfield, a professor of history at Cambridge University in England, in his book The Origins of Modern Science (1949). Conventionally, events such as the Renaissance and the Reformation have been used to separate the Middle Ages from modern times in world history.

*Some of the terminology referenced in "The Origin of Modern Science" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…狭義には,イギリスのケンブリッジ大学の歴史学教授であったH.バターフィールドが《近代科学の起源》(1949)で用いた内容をさす。従来,世界史の上で中世と近代を画する区切りとしてルネサンスや宗教改革という事象が用いられていた。…

※「《近代科学の起源》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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