The emperor's new mathematics Western learning and imperial authority during the Kangxi Reign (1662-1722)

The emperor's new mathematics Western learning and imperial authority during the Kangxi Reign (1662-1722) / Catherine Jami.

Jami explores how the emperor Kangxi solidified the Qing dynasty in 17th-century China through the appropriation of the 'Western learning', and especially the mathematics, of Jesuit missionaries. This text details not only the history of mathematical ideas, but also their political and cul...

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Main Author: Jami, Catherine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Series:Oxford Scholarship Online.
Subjects:
Science > China > History > 17th century.
Science > China > History > 18th century.
Mathematics > China > History > 17th century.
Mathematics > China > History > 18th century.
China > History > Kangxi, 1662-1722.
China > Civilization > Western influences.
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