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Astronomy and Mathematics in Ancient China: The 'Zhou Bi Suan Jing' Paperback / softback - 2007 - 1st Edition
by Christopher Cullen
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- Title Astronomy and Mathematics in Ancient China: The 'Zhou Bi Suan Jing'
- Author Christopher Cullen
- Binding Paperback / softback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition New
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date 2007-01-18
- Features Annotated, Bibliography
- Bookseller's Inventory # B9780521035378
- ISBN 9780521035378 / 0521035376
- Weight 1.02 lbs (0.46 kg)
- Dimensions 9.69 x 7.44 x 0.54 in (24.61 x 18.90 x 1.37 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
- Dewey Decimal Code 510.931
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From the rear cover
This is a study and translation of the Zhou bi suan jing, a Chinese work on astronomy and mathematics which reached its final form around the first century AD. The author provides the first easily accessible introduction to the developing mathematical and observational practices of ancient Chinese astronomers and shows how the generation and validation of knowledge about the heavens in Han dynasty China related closely to developments in statecraft and politics. The book will be of equal interest to historians of science and those studying the history of Chinese culture.