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Granting the seasons : the Chinese astronomical reform of 1280, with a study of its many dimensions and a translation of its records : Shou shih li cong kao
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Granting the seasons : the Chinese astronomical reform of 1280, with a study of its many dimensions and a translation of its records : 授時暦叢考 /
Granting the seasons : the Chinese astronomical reform of 1280, with a study of its many dimensions and a translation of its records : Shou shih li cong kao

Author: 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
Publisher: New York : Springer, ©2009.
Series: Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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China's most sophisticated system of computational astronomy was created for a Mongol emperor to celebrate victory over China after forty years of war. This book explains how and why, and reconstructs  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
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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