01697nam a2200349 a 4500 EDZ0000054824 StDuBDS 20150804193928.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120110s2012 enka fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780191729218 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS Q127 509.5109032 23 Jami, Catherine. The emperor's new mathematics [electronic resource] : Western learning and imperial authority during the Kangxi Reign (1662-1722) / Catherine Jami. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 1 online resource. : ill. Jami explores how the emperor Kangxi solidified the Qing dynasty in 17th-century China through the appropriation of the 'Western learning', and especially the mathematics, of Jesuit missionaries. This text details not only the history of mathematical ideas, but also their political and cultural impact. Also issued in print format. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 20, 2012). Includes bibliographical references and index. Science China History 17th century. Science China History 18th century. Mathematics China History 17th century. Mathematics China History 18th century. China History Kangxi, 1662-1722. China Civilization Western influences. Print version 9780199601400 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199601400.001.0001 37145 37145