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Heavenly numbers : astronomy and authority in early imperial China

Cullen, Christopher, author

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\"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 technical practice in observation, instrumentation, and calculation, and the steady accumulation of data over many years - but it centers on the activity of the individual human beings who observed the heavens, recorded what they saw, and made calculations to analyze and eventually make predictions about the motions of the celestial bodies\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Subject: Astronomy China History. / China History 221 B.C.-960 A.D.
• ISBN: 9780198733119, 0198733119

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
QB17.C853 2017	1	BOOK	GENERAL