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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822079203321

Titolo

History of Mathematical Sciences : Portugal and East Asia III  : The Jesuits, the Padroado and East Asian science (1552-1773) / / edited by Luis Saraiva and Catherine Jami

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008

ISBN

1-281-91171-2

9786611911713

981-277-126-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SaraivaLuis

JamiCatherine

Disciplina

510.95

Soggetti

Mathematics - East Asia - History

Mathematics - Portugal - History

East Asia Intellectual life Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Foreword Luís SARAIVA and Catherine JAMI; About the authors; Pictures of conference participants; The Jesuit mathematicians of the Portuguese Assistancy and the Portuguese historians of mathematics (1819-1940) Luís Manuel Ribeiro SARAIVA; 1. Introduction; 2. Francisco de Borja Garção Stockler (1759-1829) and the Ensaio Historico sobre a Origem e Progressos das Mathematicas em Portugal (1819); 3. Francisco de Castro Freire (180912-1884) and the Memória Histórica da Faculdade de Mathematica (1872)

4. Rodolfo Ferreira Dias Guimarães (1866-1918) and the Project Les Mathématiques en Portugal (1900-1911)4.1. Les Mathématiques en Portugal (1909); 4.2. Les Mathématiques en Portugal. Appendice II (1911); 5. The History of Mathematics Works of Pedro José da Cunha (1867- 1945) for the Seville International Exhibition of 1929; 5.1. Bosquejo Histórico das Matemáticas em Portugal (1929); 5.2. A Astronomia, a Náutica e as Sciências Afins (1929); 6. Francisco Gomes Teixeira (1851-1933) and the História das Matemáticas em Portugal (1934)



7. A Reappraisal: As Matemáticas em Portugal no século XVII (1940)8. Final Remarks; Acknowledgments; References; The Jesuit College in Macao as a meeting point of the European, Chinese and Japanese mathematical traditions. Some remarks on the present state of research, mainly concerning sources (16th-17th centuries) Ugo BALDINI; 1. A Neglected Subject; 2. The Development of the Courses and the Teaching Programmes; 3. Jesuit Mathematicians in Macao, 1578-1650; 4. The State of the Sources; A. Teaching materials and manuscript works; B. Administrative materials; C. Correspondence

5. Directions of Research 6. A Brief Conclusion; The transmission of Western cosmology to 16th century Japan HIRAOKA Ryuji; 1. The Content and Characteristics of De sphaera; 1.1. General background; 1.2. Content and characteristics; 2. The Extant Manuscripts of Japanese Books; 2.1. Nigi Ryakusetsu; 2.2. Kenkon Bensetsu; 2.3. Nanban Unkiron; 3. Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgment; The contents and context of Manuel Dias' Tianwenlüe Henrique LEITÃO; 1. Biographical Data on Manuel Dias, Jr.; 2. The Broader Context: Jesuit Scientific Texts in China Until 1615; 3. De Sphaera Literature

4. The Tianwenlüe : Contents 5. The Tianwenlüe : The Telescopic Observations; 6. Aftermath of the Publication of the Tianwenlüe; Acknowledgments; The textual tradition of Manuel Dias' Tianwenlue  Rui MAGONE; 1. Complete Library of Four Treasuries (Siku quanshu); 2. Dust of Pearls from the Ocean of Arts (Yihai zhuchen); 3. First Collectanea of Heavenly Studies (Tianxue chuhan); 4. Imperially Approved Synthesis of Books and Illustrations Past and Present (Qinding gujin tushu jicheng); 5. The Question of Paratexts; 6. Editio Princeps; 7. A List of Different Editions

Restoring the unity of the world: Fang Yizhi and Jie Xuan's responses to Aristotelian natural philosophy LIM Jongtae

Sommario/riassunto

At the end of the 15th century, Portugal was given the oversight (Padroado) of all Catholic missions in Asia. The Society of Jesus played a major role in this enterprise of evangelization, which in Jesuit hands led to the transmission of major elements of European mathematical sciences to East Asia. The essays in this volume present important new data and analysis on the extent to and ways in which Jesuit scientific culture and Portuguese policies regarding education, trade and mission shaped the reception of "Western learning" in China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam in the early modern period.  <