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The rise of early modern science : Islam, China, and the West /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Huff, Toby E., 1942- (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Science > Arab countries > History.
Science > China > History.
Science > Europe > History.
Science > Islamic countries > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The comparative study of science
  • Arabic science and the Islamic world
  • Philosophy, science, and civilizational configurations
  • The European legal revolution
  • Madrasas and the transmitted sciences
  • Universities and the institutionalization of science
  • Science and civilization in China
  • Education, examinations, and neo-confucianism
  • Appendix 1 : anatomy and post-mortems in China
  • Poverties and triumphs of Chinese science
  • Appendix 2 : books and essays on western science and astronomy translated into Chinese by the Jesuits
  • The rise of modern science
  • Epilogue : science, history and development.