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

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Jami, Catherine

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource. : illISBN:

9780191729218 (ebook) :

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Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

509.5109032 23

LOC classification:

Q127

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Oxford scholarship online

Also issued in print format.Summary: 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 cultural impact.

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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 cultural impact.

Also issued in print format.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 20, 2012).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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