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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Nathan Sivin ; with the research collaboration of the late Kiyosi Yabuuti 薮内清 and Shigeru Nakayama 中山茂. ; Nathan Sivin; Kiyoshi Yabuuchi; Shigeru Nakayama |
| ISBN: | 9780387789552 0387789553 |
| OCLC Number: | 262894314 |
| Language Note: | In English, with some terms and proper names in Chinese. |
| Notes: | "Translation and study of the Season-granting system"--P. 5. |
| Description: | 664 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Astronomical reform and occupation politics -- Orientation -- The project : origins and process -- The astronomers -- The observatory and its instruments -- The records -- Evaluation of the Season-granting system -- Canon of the Season-granting system -- Appendix A: The instruments of Kuo Shou-ching -- Appendix B: The account of conduct of Kuo Shou-ching -- Appendix C: Technical terms. |
| Series Title: | Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences. |
| Other Titles: | Season-granting system. Chinese astronomical reform of 1280 Shou shih li cong kao |
| Responsibility: | Nathan Sivin ; with the research collaboration of the late Kiyosi Yabuuti, Yabuuchi Kiyosi, and Shigeru Nakayama, Nakayama Shigeru. |
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From the reviews: "The present book is a brilliant and wide-ranging study of the famous Shoushi li ! . To sum up, the present book will constitute at the same time a necessary basis of further investigations into Chinese astronomy and, more broadly, a landmark with respect to the history of world astronomy." (J.-C. Martzloff, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1166, 2009) "The present book is a study and translation of the astronomical treatise as found in the official History of the Yuan Dynasty ! . The text has been very well revised and carefully edited ! . it is an excellent and fairly complete source and reference book in a Western language for the specialist and non-specialist in the history of astronomy in China." (Andrea Breard, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2009 i) "This impressive work is a detailed, technical study of the most innovative and significant astronomical system for generating annual almanacs in Chinese history. ! will be of special interest to historians of mathematics. ! Two appendixes in Sivin's account are also noteworthy and deserve readers' attention." (Joseph W. Dauben, The Mathematical Association of America, December, 2009) Read more...
