Granting the Seasons: The Chinese Astronomical Reform of 1280, with a Study of Its Many Dimensions and a Translation of Its Records
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China's most sophisticated system of computational astronomy was created for a Mongol emperor who could neither read nor write Chinese, to celebrate victory over China after forty years of devastating war. This book explains how and why, and reconstructs the observatory and the science that made it possible. For two thousand years, a fundamental ritual of government was the emperor's "granting the seasons" to his people at the New Year by...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1441927077
ISBN13:9781441927071
Release Date:November 2010
Publisher:Springer
Length:664 Pages
Weight:2.04 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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