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020 _a9780191729218 (ebook) :
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050 4 _aQ127
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100 1 _aJami, Catherine.
245 1 4 _aThe emperor's new mathematics
_h[electronic resource] :
_bWestern learning and imperial authority during the Kangxi Reign (1662-1722) /
_cCatherine Jami.
260 _aOxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2012.
300 _a1 online resource. :
_bill.
520 8 _aJami 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.
530 _aAlso issued in print format.
588 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 20, 2012).
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 _aScience
_zChina
_xHistory
_y17th century.
650 0 _aScience
_zChina
_xHistory
_y18th century.
650 0 _aMathematics
_zChina
_xHistory
_y17th century.
650 0 _aMathematics
_zChina
_xHistory
_y18th century.
651 0 _aChina
_xHistory
_yKangxi, 1662-1722.
651 0 _aChina
_xCivilization
_xWestern influences.
776 0 8 _iPrint version
_z9780199601400
856 4 0 _3Oxford scholarship online
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199601400.001.0001
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c39710
_d39710