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The rise of early modern science : Islam, China, and the West / Toby E. Huff, Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017Edition: 3rd edDescription: xiii, 383 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781107571075 paperback, alkaline paper
  • 1107571073 paperback, alkaline paper
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Q127.A5 H84 2017
Contents:
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
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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

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