Jami explores how the emperor Kangxi solidified the Qing dynasty in seventeenth-century China through the appropriation of the 'Western learning', and especially the mathematics, of Jesuit missionaries. This book details not only the history of mathematical ideas, but also their political and cultural impact.
Jami explores how the emperor Kangxi solidified the Qing dynasty in seventeenth-century China through the appropriation of the 'Western learning', and especially the mathematics, of Jesuit missionaries. This book details not only the history of mathematical ideas, but also their political and cultural impact.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Catherine Jami is a Director of Research at the French CNRS (SPHERE, Université de Paris-Diderot). She originally trained as a mathematician, and then in Chinese studies. In the past she has served as presidents for both the International Society for the History of East Asian Science, Technology and Medicine and the Association Française d'Etudes Chinoises. She was also treasurer for the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science (ICSU). Starting with her book 'Les Méthodes Rapides pour la Trigonométrie et le Rapport Précis du Cercle (1774): tradition chinoise et apport occidental en mathématiques' (1990), she has published extensively on mathematics in seventeenth and eighteenth century China, as well as on the Jesuit missionaries and the reception of the sciences they introduced to late Ming and early Qing China.
Inhaltsangabe
* Foreword * Introduction * Part I Western learning and the Ming-Qing transition * 1: The Jesuits and mathematics in China, 1582-1644 * 2: Western learning under the new dynasty * Part II The two first decades of Kangxi's rule * 3: The emperor and his astronomer * 4: A mathematical scholar in Jiangnan: the first half-life of Mei Wending * 5: The "Kings' Mathematicians" * 6: Inspecting the Southern sky: Kangxi at the Nanjing Observatory * Part III Mathematics for the emperor * 7: Teaching "French science" at the court: Gerbillon and Bouvet's tutoring * 8: The imperial road to geometry: new 'Elements of Geometry' * 9: Calculation for the emperor: the writings of a discreet mathematician * 10: Astronomy in the capital (1689-1693): scholars, officials and ruler * Part IV Turning to Chinese scholars and Bannermen * 11: The 1700s: a reversal of alliance * 12: The Office of Mathematics: foundation and staff * 13: The Jesuits and innovation in imperial science: Jean-François Foucquet's treatises * Part V Mathematics and the empire * 14: The construction of the 'Essence of numbers and their principles' * 15: Methods and material culture in the 'Essence of numbers and their principles' * 16: A new mathematical classic? * Conclusion * Units * Bibliography
* Foreword * Introduction * Part I Western learning and the Ming-Qing transition * 1: The Jesuits and mathematics in China, 1582-1644 * 2: Western learning under the new dynasty * Part II The two first decades of Kangxi's rule * 3: The emperor and his astronomer * 4: A mathematical scholar in Jiangnan: the first half-life of Mei Wending * 5: The "Kings' Mathematicians" * 6: Inspecting the Southern sky: Kangxi at the Nanjing Observatory * Part III Mathematics for the emperor * 7: Teaching "French science" at the court: Gerbillon and Bouvet's tutoring * 8: The imperial road to geometry: new 'Elements of Geometry' * 9: Calculation for the emperor: the writings of a discreet mathematician * 10: Astronomy in the capital (1689-1693): scholars, officials and ruler * Part IV Turning to Chinese scholars and Bannermen * 11: The 1700s: a reversal of alliance * 12: The Office of Mathematics: foundation and staff * 13: The Jesuits and innovation in imperial science: Jean-François Foucquet's treatises * Part V Mathematics and the empire * 14: The construction of the 'Essence of numbers and their principles' * 15: Methods and material culture in the 'Essence of numbers and their principles' * 16: A new mathematical classic? * Conclusion * Units * Bibliography
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