TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hart,Roger
TI  - Imagined civilizations: China, the West, and their first encounter
SN  - 9781421406060 (alk. paper)
U1  - 951 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Baltimore
PB  - The Johns Hopkins University Press
KW  - China
KW  - Religion
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - 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
ER  -