Subject: Science--China--History--18th century

emperor's new mathematics : Western learning and imperial authority during the Kangxi Reign (1662-1722)
AuthorJami, Catherine
PlaceOxford, England
PublisherOxford University Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook, Digital Book (PDF)
Series
ShelfHallway Cases, Digital Archives
Call NumberQ127.C6 J36 2012
Descriptionxv, 436 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + pdf
NoteThe emperor's new mathematics : Western learning and imperial authority during the Kangxi Reign (1662-1722) / Catherine Jami.
Color maps on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-420) and index.

Local access dig.pdf. [Jami-Emperors-New-Mathematics.pdf]

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ISBN9780199601400 ; 0199601402
LCCN2011937338
On their own terms : science in China, 1550-1900
AuthorElman, Benjamin A., 1946-
PlaceCambridge, MA
PublisherHarvard University Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook, Digital Book (PDF)
Series
ShelfHallway Cases, Digital Archives
Call NumberQ127.C5 E48 2005
Descriptionxxxviii, 567 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.+ pdf
NoteOn their own terms : science in China, 1550-1900 / Benjamin A. Elman.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 527-540) and index.

Chinese dynasties -- I. Introduction. Prologue ; Ming classification on the eve of Jesuit contact -- II. Natural studies and the Jesuits. The Late Ming calendar crisis and Gregorian reform ; Sino-Jesuit accommodations during the seventeenth century ; The limits of Western learning in the early eighteenth century ; The Jesuit role as experts in high Qing cartography and technology -- III. Evidential research and natural studies. Evidential research and the restoration of ancient learning ; Seeking the truth and high Qing mathematics -- IV. Modern science and the Protestants. Protestants, education, and modern science to 1880 ; The construction of modern science in late Qing China -- V. Qing reformism and modern science. Government arsenals, science, and technology in China after 1860 ; Displacement of traditional Chinese science and medicine in the twentieth century -- Appendixes. Tang mathematical classics ; Some translations of chemistry, 1855-1873 ; Science outline series, 1882-1898 ; Partial chronological list of arsenals, etc., in China, 1861-1892 ; Table of contents for the 1886 Primers for science studies (Gezhi qimeng) ; Twenty-three fields of the sciences in the 1886 Primers for science studies ; Science compendia published in China from 1877 to 1903.

Also in digital pdf format: [Elman-ScienceChina.pdf]

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ISBN0674016858 ; 9780674016859
LCCN2004059654