Huff, Toby E.,  1942- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781107571075 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781107571075 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016050854 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Science--History.--Arab countries<br/>Science--History.--Islamic countries<br/>Science--History.--China<br/>Science--History.--Europe
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q127.A5  / H84 2017 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>509