Imagined Civilizations: China, the West, and Their First Encounter

by Roger Hart

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Roger Hart debunks the long-held belief that linear algebra developed independently in the West.

Accounts of the seventeenth-century Jesuit Mission to China have often celebrated it as the great encounter of two civilizations. The Jesuits portrayed themselves as wise men from the West who used mathematics and science in service of their mission. Chinese literati-official Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), who collaborated with the Italian Jesuit...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1421406063

ISBN13:9781421406060

Release Date:August 2013

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:384 Pages

Weight:1.49 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

History Math Mathematics Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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