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...

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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:
Mathematics.
History.
Astronomy-Observations.
History of Mathematical Sciences.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • Evaluation of the Season-Granting System, Part 2
  • Canon of the Season-Granting System, Part 1
  • Canon of the Season-Granting System, Part 2
  • Conclusion.

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