Imagined civilizations: China, the West, and their first encounter /
Hart, Roger
Imagined civilizations: China, the West, and their first encounter / Roger Hart. - Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. - vii, 374 pages : 25 cm
Science as the measure of civilizations
From Copula to incommensurable worlds
Mathematical texts in historical context
Tracing practices purloined by the three pillars
Xu Guangqi, Grand Guardian
Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Appendix A: Zhu Zaiyu's New theory of calculation
Appendix B: Xu Guangqi's Right triangles, meanings
Appendix C: Xu Guangqi's writings.
9781421406060 (alk. paper) 1421406063 (alk. paper)
China--Religion
China--Social conditions
951 / HAR/I
Imagined civilizations: China, the West, and their first encounter / Roger Hart. - Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. - vii, 374 pages : 25 cm
Science as the measure of civilizations
From Copula to incommensurable worlds
Mathematical texts in historical context
Tracing practices purloined by the three pillars
Xu Guangqi, Grand Guardian
Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Appendix A: Zhu Zaiyu's New theory of calculation
Appendix B: Xu Guangqi's Right triangles, meanings
Appendix C: Xu Guangqi's writings.
9781421406060 (alk. paper) 1421406063 (alk. paper)
China--Religion
China--Social conditions
951 / HAR/I