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For two thousand years, a fundamental ritual of government was the emperor¿s ¿granting the seasons¿ to his people at the New Year by issuing an almanac containing an accurate lunisolar calendar. The high point of this tradition was the ¿Season-granting system¿ (Shou-shih li, 1280). Its treatise records detailed instructions for computing eclipses of the sun and moon and motions of the planets, based on a rich archive of observations, some ancient and some new.
Sivin, the West¿s leading scholar of the Chinese sciences, not only recreates the project¿s cultural, political, bureaucratic, and personal dimensions, but translates the extensive treatise and explains every procedure in minimally technical language. The book contains many tables, illustrations, and aids to reference. It is clearly written for anyone who wants to understand the fundamental role of science in Chinese history. There is no comparable study of state science in any other early civilization.
For two thousand years, a fundamental ritual of government was the emperor¿s ¿granting the seasons¿ to his people at the New Year by issuing an almanac containing an accurate lunisolar calendar. The high point of this tradition was the ¿Season-granting system¿ (Shou-shih li, 1280). Its treatise records detailed instructions for computing eclipses of the sun and moon and motions of the planets, based on a rich archive of observations, some ancient and some new.
Sivin, the West¿s leading scholar of the Chinese sciences, not only recreates the project¿s cultural, political, bureaucratic, and personal dimensions, but translates the extensive treatise and explains every procedure in minimally technical language. The book contains many tables, illustrations, and aids to reference. It is clearly written for anyone who wants to understand the fundamental role of science in Chinese history. There is no comparable study of state science in any other early civilization.
2011 Recipient of The Donald E. Osterbrock Book Prize for Historical Astronomy (see "Additional Information")
Introductory chapters provide a very accessible overview of the history of Chinese astronomy
Provides a detailed commentary along with a complete translation
Nathan Sivin is the West's leading scholar of Chinese science, and this book is the result of 30 years of research
Includes supplementary material: [...]
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Mathematik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Seiten: | 672 |
| Reihe: | Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences |
| Inhalt: |
v
664 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780387789552 |
| ISBN-10: | 0387789553 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 12190232 |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | HC runder Rücken kaschiert |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Sivin, Nathan |
| Auflage: | 2009 |
| Hersteller: |
Springer New York
Springer US, New York, N.Y. Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences |
| Maße: | 241 x 160 x 41 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Nathan Sivin |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 20.10.2008 |
| Gewicht: | 1,162 kg |
2011 Recipient of The Donald E. Osterbrock Book Prize for Historical Astronomy (see "Additional Information")
Introductory chapters provide a very accessible overview of the history of Chinese astronomy
Provides a detailed commentary along with a complete translation
Nathan Sivin is the West's leading scholar of Chinese science, and this book is the result of 30 years of research
Includes supplementary material: [...]
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Mathematik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Thema: | Lexika |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Seiten: | 672 |
| Reihe: | Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences |
| Inhalt: |
v
664 S. |
| ISBN-13: | 9780387789552 |
| ISBN-10: | 0387789553 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 12190232 |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | HC runder Rücken kaschiert |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Sivin, Nathan |
| Auflage: | 2009 |
| Hersteller: |
Springer New York
Springer US, New York, N.Y. Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences |
| Maße: | 241 x 160 x 41 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Nathan Sivin |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 20.10.2008 |
| Gewicht: | 1,162 kg |
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