The Rise of Early Modern Science : Islam, China, and the West / Toby E. Huff, Harvard University, Massachusetts.
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TextPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, c2017.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xiii, 383 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN: - 9781107130210 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9781107571075 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 509 23 HUF
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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