Imagined civilizations: China, the West, and their first encounter / Roger Hart.
Material type: TextPublication details: Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013Description: vii, 374 pages : 25 cmISBN: 9781421406060 (alk. paper); 1421406063 (alk. paper)Subject(s): China -- Religion | China -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 951
Contents:
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.
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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.
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