Article ID: CBB001320709

History of Science. Scientists Fete China's Supreme Polymath (2007)

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Stone, Richard (Author)


Science
Volume: 318, no. 5851
Issue: 5851
Pages: 733

SHANGHAI-- Last month, scientists met here to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the publication of the first six volumes of Euclid's Elements in Chinese and to explore the remarkable legacy of their translator, Xu Guangqi

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Description On the legacy of Xu Guangqi, translator of Euclid's Elements into Chinese.


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Authors & Contributors
Recio, Gonzalo Luis
Yuming He
Wan, Zhaoyuan
Ma, Xi
Zepeda, Henry T.
Tian, Xiaoli
Journals
Journal for the History of Astronomy
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Suhayl: Journal for the History of the Exact and Natural Sciences in Islamic Civilisation
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Nei Menggu Shifan Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)
Kexue Jishu yu Bianzhengfa (Science, Technology, and Dialectics)
Publishers
Springer Nature
Springer
Johns Hopkins University Press
Harvard University Asia Center
Hackett Publishing Company
University of Oklahoma
Concepts
Translations
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Mathematics
Geometry
Chinese language
Transmission of texts
People
Euclid
Xu, Guangqi
Ricci, Matteo
Wallis, John
Recorde, Robert
Ramus, Petrus
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Medieval
19th century
Renaissance
Places
China
England
British Isles
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Jagiellonian University Museum
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