Astronomy and mathematics in ancient China
Subtitle: the Zhou bi suan jing
By: Christopher Cullen.
Series: Needham Research Institute studies ;; 1
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Mathematics, Chinese.; Astronomy, Chinese.
Other titles: Chou pi suan ching. English.
Description: This is a study and translation of the Zhou bi suan jing, a Chinese work on astronomy and mathematics which reached its final form around the first century AD. The author provides the first easily accessible introduction to the developing mathematical and observational practices of ancient Chinese astronomers and shows how the generation and validation of knowledge about the heavens in Han dynasty China related closely to developments in statecraft and politics.

The book will be of equal interest to historians of science and those studying the history of Chinese culture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-235) and index.