Chapter ID: CBB505888056

Needham’s 19 (j) and Fibonacci’s Liber Abaci: A New Approach to the Communication and Transmission of Mathematical Knowledge from China to the West (2015)

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In his monumental Science and Civilisation in China, Joseph Needham focuses on mathematics in subsections (a) to (k) of section 19 in volume III. After evaluating the characteristics and contributions of ancient Chinese mathematics, Needham turns in the tenth subsection: (j) Influences and Transmissions. Here, he writes, “When, however, we ask what mathematical ideas seem to have radiated from China southwards and westwards, we found a quite considerable list.” ([Needham 1959], 146) Below we have compiled Needham’s “quite considerable list” in the form of a concise table.

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Authors & Contributors
Deng, Ke-hui
Rocha, Leon Antonio
Jami, Catherine
Violet Moller
Mode,
Zhang, Na
Concepts
East Asia, civilization and culture
Transmission of texts
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Mathematics
Historiography
Western world, civilization and culture
Time Periods
17th century
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
18th century
Medieval
Choson dynasty (Korea, 1392-1910)
Places
China
Japan
Salerno (Italy)
Córdoba (Spain)
Toledo (Spain)
Baghdad (Iraq)
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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