Emperor's New Mathematics

Auteur: Jami, Catherine (Director of Research, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), France)
Editeur: Oxford University Press
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.
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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.
ISBN / EAN 9780199601400
Auteur Jami, Catherine (Director of Research, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), France)
Editeur Oxford University Press