Cargando…

Granting the Seasons The Chinese Astronomical Reform of 1280, With a Study of Its Many Dimensions and a Translation of its Records /

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 observatory and the science that mad...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sivin, Nathan (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edición:1st ed. 2009.
Colección:Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences,
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo