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"Challenging monolithic modern narratives about 'Chinese science', Daniel Patrick Morgan examines the astral sciences in China c.221 BCE-750 CE as a study in the disunities of scientific cultures and the narratives by which ancients and moderns alike have fought to instil them with a...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Challenging monolithic modern narratives about 'Chinese science', Daniel Patrick Morgan examines the astral sciences in China c.221 BCE-750 CE as a study in the disunities of scientific cultures and the narratives by which ancients and moderns alike have fought to instil them with a sense of unity. The book focuses on four unifying 'legends' recounted by contemporary subjects: the first two, redolent of antiquity, are the 'observing of signs' and 'granting of seasons' by ancient sage kings; and the other two, redolent of modernity, involve the pursuit of 'accuracy' and historical 'accumulat |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 257 pages : illustrations, forms ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-251) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781107139022 (hardback) : 1107139023 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | QB17 |
| CLC: | P1-092 |
| Call Number: | P1-092/M847 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- The world below -- Observing the signs -- Granting the seasons -- Reverent accordance with prodigious heaven -- What the ancients had yet to learn -- Conclusion. |