The Emperor's New Mathematics: Western Learning and Imperial Authority During the Kangxi Reign (1662-1722) - Jami, Catherine (Director of Research, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), France) - Books - Oxford University Press - 9780199601400 - February 20, 2012
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Jami, Catherine (Director of Research, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), France)
The Emperor's New Mathematics: Western Learning and Imperial Authority During the Kangxi Reign (1662-1722)

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Jami explores how the emperor Kangxi solidified the Qing dynasty in seventeenth-century China through the appropriation of the 'Western learning', and especially the mathematics, of Jesuit missionaries. This book details not only the history of mathematical ideas, but also their political and cultural impact.

452 pages, 26 black and white half tones and 48 black and white line illustrations

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Released February 20, 2012
Original release date 2011
ISBN13 9780199601400
Publishers Oxford University Press
Pages 454
Dimensions 253 × 198 × 28 mm   ·   1.16 kg
Language English  

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