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
Elior, Ofer
Tian, Xiaoli
Concepts
Translations
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Mathematics
Geometry
Chinese language
East Asia, civilization and culture
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
19th century
Renaissance
Medieval
Places
China
England
Greece
British Isles
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Jagiellonian University Museum
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