The rise of early modern science : [manuscript] : Islam, China, and the West /
Huff, Toby E., 1942-
The rise of early modern science : Islam, China, and the West / [manuscript] : by Toby E. Huff, Harvard University, Massachusetts. - Third edition. - United Kingdom.: : Cambridge University press, c2017. - xiii, 383 pages ; 24 cm.
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.
9781107571075 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781107571075 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2016050854
Science--History.--Arab countries
Science--History.--Islamic countries
Science--History.--China
Science--History.--Europe
Q127.A5 / H84 2017
509
The rise of early modern science : Islam, China, and the West / [manuscript] : by Toby E. Huff, Harvard University, Massachusetts. - Third edition. - United Kingdom.: : Cambridge University press, c2017. - xiii, 383 pages ; 24 cm.
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.
9781107571075 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781107571075 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2016050854
Science--History.--Arab countries
Science--History.--Islamic countries
Science--History.--China
Science--History.--Europe
Q127.A5 / H84 2017
509