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020 _a9781421406060 (alk. paper)
020 _a1421406063 (alk. paper)
040 _cCUS
082 _a951
_bHAR/I
100 1 _aHart, Roger
245 1 0 _aImagined civilizations: China, the West, and their first encounter /
_cRoger Hart.
260 _aBaltimore:
_bThe Johns Hopkins University Press,
_c2013.
300 _avii, 374 pages :
_c25 cm
505 0 _aScience as the measure of civilizations From Copula to incommensurable worlds Mathematical texts in historical context Tracing practices purloined by the three pillars Xu Guangqi, Grand Guardian Conclusions Acknowledgments Appendix A: Zhu Zaiyu's New theory of calculation Appendix B: Xu Guangqi's Right triangles, meanings Appendix C: Xu Guangqi's writings.
651 0 _aChina
_xReligion
651 0 _aChina
_xSocial conditions
942 _cWB16