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Granting the Seasons: The Chinese Astronomical Reform of 1280, With a Study of Its Many Dimensions and a Translation of its Records - Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences Nathan Sivin 2009 edition
Granting the Seasons: The Chinese Astronomical Reform of 1280, With a Study of Its Many Dimensions and a Translation of its Records - Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Nathan Sivin
China's most sophisticated system of computational astronomy was created for a Mongol emperor who could neither read nor write Chinese, to celebrate victory over China after forty years of devastating war.
664 pages, 100 black & white tables, biography
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 20, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780387789552 |
| Publishers | Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Pages | 664 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 235 × 36 mm · 1.04 kg |
| Language | English |
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