Astronomy and Mathematics in Ancient China

The 'Zhou Bi Suan Jing'

• Author(s): Christopher Cullen,
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 256
• ISBN_10: 0521035376
  ISBN_13: 9780521035378
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Technology & Engineering / History , Science / Space Science / Astronomy ,

Description:... This is a study and translation of the Zhou bi suan jing, a Chinese work on astronomy and mathematics that reached its final form around the first century AD. The author provides the first easily accessible introduction to the developing mathematical and observational practices of ancient Chinese astronomers and shows how the generation and validation of knowledge about the heavens in Han dynasty China related closely to developments in statecraft and politics. This book will be fascinating reading for scholars in the history of science, Chinese history, and astronomy.