Heavenly Numbers: Astronomy and Authority in Early Imperial China
Heavenly Numbers: Astronomy and Authority in Early Imperial China
by Christopher Cullen
English | 2017 | ISBN: 0198733119 | 436 Pages | PDF | 15 MB
by Christopher Cullen
English | 2017 | ISBN: 0198733119 | 436 Pages | PDF | 15 MB
This book is a history of the development of mathematical astronomy in China, from the late third century BCE, to the early 3rd century CE - a period often referred to as 'early imperial China'. It narrates the changes in ways of understanding the movements of the heavens and the heavenly bodies that took place during those four and a half centuries, and tells the stories of the institutions and individuals involved in those changes. It gives clear explanations of