TY - BOOK AU - Huff, Toby E., 1942- TI - The rise of early modern science: Islam, China, and the West / SN - 9781107571075 paperback, alkaline paper AV - Q127.A5 H84 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Science KW - History KW - Arab countries KW - Science| KW - Islamic countries KW - China KW - Europe N1 - 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 ER -