Author | Yabuuchi Kiyoshi 藪內清, 1906-2000Sivin, NathanNakayama Shigeru 中山茂, 1928-2014 |
Place | New York |
Publisher | Springer |
Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
Edition | |
Language | English |
Type | Digital Book (PDF) |
Series | Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences |
Shelf | Digital Archives |
Call Number | QB17.S582 2009 |
Description | pdf. [664 p. : ill. ; 25 cm] |
Note | Granting the seasons : the Chinese astronomical reform of 1280, with a study of its many dimensions and a translation of its records : 授時暦叢考 / Nathan Sivin ; with the research collaboration of the late Kiyosi Yabuuti 薮内清 and Shigeru Nakayama 中山茂. Introduction -- Astronomical reform and occupation politics -- Orientation -- The project : origins and process -- The astronomers -- The observatory and its instruments -- The records -- Evaluation of the Season-granting system -- Canon of the Season-granting system -- Appendix A: The instruments of Kuo Shou-ching -- Appendix B: The account of conduct of Kuo Shou-ching -- Appendix C: Technical terms. China's most sophisticated system of computational astronomy was created for a Mongol emperor who could neither read nor write Chinese, to celebrate victory over China after forty years of devastating war. This book explains how and why, and reconstructs the working group, the observatory and the science that made it possible. Local access dig.pdf. [Sivin-Granting the Seasons.pdf] |
ISBN | 9780387789569 |
LCCN | 2008930769 |
Author | Yip Chee-kuen [Ye Ciquan 葉賜權]Lee, Lawrence W. K.Hong Kong Science Museum 香港科學館 |
Place | Hong Kong 香港 |
Publisher | Leisure and Cultural Services Dept. |
Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
Edition | English ed. |
Language | English |
Type | Book, Digital Book (PDF) |
Series | |
Shelf | Digital Archives, Seminar Room 102-103 |
Call Number | QB17.Y413 2006 |
Description | 176 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 35 cm. |
Note | Moving stars changing scenes : gems of the ancient Chinese astronomy relics = Xing, yi, wu, huan : Zhongguo gudai tianwen wenwu jinghua / [author, Yip Chee-kuen ; editor, Lawrence W.K. Lee ; English translation, Lawrence W.K. Lee, Ann L.F. Hui]. |
ISBN | 9627797057 ; 9789627797050 |