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History of Mathematical Sciences : Portugal and East Asia III - the Jesuits, the Padroado and East Asian Science (1552-1773).
At the end of the 15th century, Portugal was given the oversight (Padroado) of all Catholic missions in Asia. The Society of Jesus played a major role in this enterprise of evangelization, which in Jesuit hands led to the transmission of major elements of European mathematical sciences to East Asia....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore :
World Scientific Publishing Company,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Acknowledgments; Foreword Luís SARAIVA and Catherine JAMI; About the authors; Pictures of conference participants; The Jesuit mathematicians of the Portuguese Assistancy and the Portuguese historians of mathematics (1819-1940) Luís Manuel Ribeiro SARAIVA; 1. Introduction; 2. Francisco de Borja Garção Stockler (1759-1829) and the Ensaio Historico sobre a Origem e Progressos das Mathematicas em Portugal (1819); 3. Francisco de Castro Freire (180912-1884) and the Memória Histórica da Faculdade de Mathematica (1872).
- 4. Rodolfo Ferreira Dias Guimarães (1866-1918) and the Project Les Mathématiques en Portugal (1900-1911)4.1. Les Mathématiques en Portugal (1909); 4.2. Les Mathématiques en Portugal. Appendice II (1911); 5. The History of Mathematics Works of Pedro José da Cunha (1867- 1945) for the Seville International Exhibition of 1929; 5.1. Bosquejo Histórico das Matemáticas em Portugal (1929); 5.2. A Astronomia, a Náutica e as Sciências Afins (1929); 6. Francisco Gomes Teixeira (1851-1933) and the História das Matemáticas em Portugal (1934).
- 7. A Reappraisal: As Matemáticas em Portugal no século XVII (1940)8. Final Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; The Jesuit College in Macao as a meeting point of the European, Chinese and Japanese mathematical traditions. Some remarks on the present state of research, mainly concerning sources (16th-17th centuries) Ugo BALDINI; 1. A Neglected Subject; 2. The Development of the Courses and the Teaching Programmes; 3. Jesuit Mathematicians in Macao, 1578-1650; 4. The State of the Sources; A. Teaching materials and manuscript works; B. Administrative materials; C. Correspondence.
- 5. Directions of Research6. A Brief Conclusion; The transmission of Western cosmology to 16th century Japan HIRAOKA Ryuji; 1. The Content and Characteristics of De sphaera; 1.1. General background; 1.2. Content and characteristics; 2. The Extant Manuscripts of Japanese Books; 2.1. Nigi Ryakusetsu; 2.2. Kenkon Bensetsu; 2.3. Nanban Unkiron; 3. Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgment; The contents and context of Manuel Dias' Tianwenlüe Henrique LEITÃO; 1. Biographical Data on Manuel Dias, Jr.; 2. The Broader Context: Jesuit Scientific Texts in China Until 1615; 3. De Sphaera Literature.
- 4. The Tianwenlüe : Contents5. The Tianwenlüe : The Telescopic Observations; 6. Aftermath of the Publication of the Tianwenlüe; Acknowledgments; The textual tradition of Manuel Dias' Tianwenlue Rui MAGONE; 1. Complete Library of Four Treasuries (Siku quanshu); 2. Dust of Pearls from the Ocean of Arts (Yihai zhuchen); 3. First Collectanea of Heavenly Studies (Tianxue chuhan); 4. Imperially Approved Synthesis of Books and Illustrations Past and Present (Qinding gujin tushu jicheng); 5. The Question of Paratexts; 6. Editio Princeps; 7. A List of Different Editions.