LEADER 04093nam 22007094a 450 001 9910809388903321 005 20240418002707.0 010 $a1-281-72949-3 010 $a9786611729493 010 $a0-300-12916-5 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300129168 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471919 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23049563 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000269455 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11194808 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000269455 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10247423 035 $a(PQKB)11137277 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420402 035 $a(DE-B1597)485243 035 $a(OCoLC)1024006298 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300129168 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420402 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10217105 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL172949 035 $a(OCoLC)923593477 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471919 100 $a20020306d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe way and the word$b[electronic resource] $escience and medicine in early China and Greece /$fGeoffrey Lloyd and Nathan Sivin 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (368 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-300-09297-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 299-328) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$t1. Aims and Methods --$t2. The Social and Institutional Framework of the Chinese Sciences --$t3. The Social and Institutional Framework of Greek Science --$t4. The Fundamental Issues of Greek Science --$t5. The Fundamental Issues of the Chinese Sciences --$t6. Chinese and Greek Sciences Compared --$tAppendix: Evolution of the Chinese Cosmological Synthesis --$tChronology of Historical Events --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex and Glossary 330 $aThe rich civilizations of ancient China and Greece built sciences of comparable sophistication-each based on different foundations of concept, method, and organization. In this engrossing book, two world-renowned scholars compare the cosmology, science, and medicine of China and Greece between 400 B.C. and A.D. 200, casting new light not only on the two civilizations but also on the evolving character of science. Sir Geoffrey Lloyd and Nathan Sivin investigate the differences between the thinkers in the two civilizations: what motivated them, how they understood the cosmos and the human body, how they were educated, how they made a living, and whom they argued with and why. The authors' new method integrally compares social, political, and intellectual patterns and connections, demonstrating how all affected and were affected by ideas about cosmology and the physical world. They relate conceptual differences in China and Greece to the diverse ways that intellectuals in the two civilizations earned their living, interacted with fellow inquirers, and were involved with structures of authority. By A.D. 200 the distinctive scientific strengths of both China and Greece showed equal potential for theory and practice. Lloyd and Sivin argue that modern science evolved not out of the Greek tradition alone but from the strengths of China, Greece, India, Islam, and other civilizations, which converged first in the Muslim world and then in Renaissance Europe. 606 $aScience$zChina$xHistory 606 $aScience$zGreece$xHistory 606 $aScience, Ancient 606 $aMedicine, Chinese 606 $aMedicine, Greek and Roman 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 0$aScience, Ancient. 615 0$aMedicine, Chinese. 615 0$aMedicine, Greek and Roman. 676 $a509.3 700 $aLloyd$b G. E. R$g(Geoffrey Ernest Richard),$f1933-$01655619 701 $aSivin$b Nathan$049510 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809388903321 996 $aThe way and the word$94008058 997 $aUNINA