Europe and China : science and arts in the 17th and 18th centuries / / edited by Luis M.R. Saraiva |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; London, : World Scientific, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (340 p.) |
Disciplina | 510.9 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SaraivaLuis |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - East Asia - History
Mathematics - China - History Mathematics - Portugal - History |
ISBN |
1-283-73937-2
981-4390-44-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Acknowledgements; HISTORY OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES: PORTUGAL AND EAST ASIA IV; Foreword Luís SARAIVA; 1. Introduction: Portuguese History of Mathematical Sciences and East Asia; 2. The Beijing meeting; 2.1. Section I: Portugal and the Jesuit missions in Asia (two papers); 2.2. Section II: The Jesuits and the knowledge of China in Europe (two papers); 2.3. Section III: Tomás Pereira (1646-1708) (four papers); 2.4. Section IV: New sources on Western science at the Chinese Emperor's Court (three papers)
2.5. Section V: Missionaries in Beijing during the reigns of Kangxi and Yongzheng (three papers)CONTENTS; Photographs of conference participants; I. Portugal and the Jesuit missions in Asia; Portugal and the Jesuit mission to China: trends in historiography Rui Magone; 1. Two Paradigms; 2. One Book; 3. Gestalt Switch; Evangelization, politics, and technology transfer in 17th-century Cochinchina: the case of João da Cruz Alexei Volkov; 1. Introduction; 2. João da Cruz: The Conventional Biographies; 3. João and the Two Missions; 4. Problems with the Conventional Biography 5. João's Background: An Alternative Version6. João's Knighthood: An Evidence?; 7. The Letter of da Gama; 8. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References88; APPENDIX A - The cannons made by João currently exhibited at the Ministry of Defence in Bangkok; APPENDIX B - João's bronze gong; II. The Jesuits and the knowledge of China in Europe; The Jesuits and their study of Chinese astronomy and chronology in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Han Qi; 1. Chinese Chronology versus Biblical Chronology: The Origins of the Study of Chinese Astronomy in Europe 2. Cassini and His Study of Ancient Chinese Astronomical Observations3. Jesuit Astronomers and Their Study of Ancient Chinese Astronomy; 4. Foucquet's Criticism of Chinese Chronology and Gaubil's Refutation of Chinese Astronomy; 5. Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgments; The Jesuit Jean-Joseph-Marie Amiot and Chinese music in the eighteenth century Nii Yoko; 1. Introduction; 2. Antiquity of Chinese Music; 3. "Science" and Chinese Music; 4. Amiot's "Science" in China and the Eighteenth-Century Europe; 5. Conclusion; References; III. Tomás Pereira (1646-1708) Some data on Tomás Pereira's (Xu Risheng ) biography and manuscripts Isabel Pina1. Tomás Pereira's Family and Portuguese Background (1646-1666); 2. From Lisbon to Goa (1666-1671); 3. The Stay in Goa (1666-1671); 4. The Sojourn in Macau (1671-1672); 5. Summoned to Beijing; 6. Pereira's Manuscripts in European Languages; Acknowledgments; References; Pereira's trip to Tartary in 1685 Davor Antonucci; 1. Introduction; 2. Jesuits' "Rediscovery" of Tartary; 3. Pereira's Trips to Tartary: 1688, 1689 and 1696; 4. Pereira's Trip to Tartary: The 1685 "Hunting Trip"; 5. Final Remarks; Acknowledgments References |
Altri titoli varianti |
Science and arts in the 17th and 18th centuries
History of mathematical sciences: Portugal and East Asia IV |
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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 |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
Disciplina | 510.95 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SaraivaLuis
JamiCatherine |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - East Asia - History
Mathematics - Portugal - History |
ISBN |
1-281-91171-2
9786611911713 981-277-126-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822079203321 |
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History of mathematical sciences : Portugal and East Asia II : University of Macau, China, 10-12 October 1998 / / edited by Luis Saraiva |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (203 p.) |
Disciplina | 950.3 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SaraivaLuis |
Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - East Asia - History
Mathematics - Portugal - History |
ISBN |
1-281-89836-8
9786611898366 981-270-230-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Acknowledgements; Foreword Luis Saraiva; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Macau: An Intercultural Frontier in the Ming Period Luis Filipe Barreto; Survey and Study of pre-1900 Chinese Maps seen in Europe Li Xiaocong; Western Knowledge of Geography Reflected in Juan Cobo's Shilu (1593) Liu Dun; The Continuing Influence of the Portuguese: "A New Interpretation of World Geography" Wang Qianjin; Teachers of Mathematics in China: the Jesuits and their Textbooks (1580-1723) Catherine Jami; News from China in Sixteenth Century Europe: the Portuguese Connection Rui Loureiro
The Indianization of Spain in the 16th Century Juan GilJesuit Observations and Star-Mappings in Beijing as the Transmission of Scientific Knowledge Keizo Hashimoto; The Compilation of the Lixiung Kuochenghoubiun, its Origin, Sources, and Social Context Han Qi; A Japanese Reaction to Aristotelian Cosmology Tadashi Yoshida; Portugal and Korea: Obscure Connections in the Pre-Modern Sciences Before 1900 Park Seong-Rae Translations of Portuguese texts into Konkani and Konkani Compositions into Portuguese, with Educational Influence on Literature and Art and the Transfer of Technology Joseph Velinkar |
Altri titoli varianti | Scientific practices and the Portuguese expansion in Asia (1498-1759) |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811504003321 |
Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2004 | ||
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