Article ID: CBB000100846

Jean-Baptiste Biot on the History of Indian Astronomy (1830-1860): The Nation in the Post-Enlightenment Historiography of Science (2000)

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Description Historiographical essay that situates history of Indian astronomy and mathemetics in Post-Enlightenment France through a socio-epistemological reading of Biot's Étude sur l'astronomie indienne, Paris, 1859; 1862.


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Authors & Contributors
Lara Piersanti
Beckers, Danny
Silvio Bozzi
Kharlamova, Vera I.
Wang, Xiao-qin
Vailati, Giovanni
Concepts
History of science, as a discipline
Mathematics
Historiography
Philosophy
India, civilization and culture
Astronomy
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
20th century, early
Renaissance
Medieval
Places
France
Italy
Europe
Great Britain
Portugal
Germany
Institutions
Wittwer
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