The rise of early modern science :
Huff, Toby E., 1942-
The rise of early modern science : Islam, China, and the West / Toby E. Huff, Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts - 3rd ed. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017 - xiii, 383 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- The comparative study of science -- Arabic science and the Islamic world -- Philosophy, science, and civilizational configurations -- The European legal revolution -- Madrasas and the transmitted sciences -- Universities and the institutionalization of science -- Science and civilization in China -- Education, examinations, and neo-confucianism -- Appendix 1 : anatomy and post-mortems in China -- Poverties and triumphs of Chinese science -- Appendix 2 : books and essays on western science and astronomy translated into Chinese by the Jesuits -- The rise of modern science -- Epilogue : science, history and development
9781107571075 paperback, alkaline paper 1107571073 paperback, alkaline paper
Science--History--Arab countries
Science|--History --Islamic countries
Science--History --China
Science--History --Europe
Q127.A5 / H84 2017
The rise of early modern science : Islam, China, and the West / Toby E. Huff, Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts - 3rd ed. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017 - xiii, 383 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- The comparative study of science -- Arabic science and the Islamic world -- Philosophy, science, and civilizational configurations -- The European legal revolution -- Madrasas and the transmitted sciences -- Universities and the institutionalization of science -- Science and civilization in China -- Education, examinations, and neo-confucianism -- Appendix 1 : anatomy and post-mortems in China -- Poverties and triumphs of Chinese science -- Appendix 2 : books and essays on western science and astronomy translated into Chinese by the Jesuits -- The rise of modern science -- Epilogue : science, history and development
9781107571075 paperback, alkaline paper 1107571073 paperback, alkaline paper
Science--History--Arab countries
Science|--History --Islamic countries
Science--History --China
Science--History --Europe
Q127.A5 / H84 2017