Granting the seasons. The Chinese astronomical reform of 1280. With a study of its many dimensions and a translation of its records. With the research collaboration of the late Kiyosi Yabuuti and Shigeru Nakayama

DOI10.1007/978-0-387-78956-9zbMath1166.01002OpenAlexW2788219583MaRDI QIDQ954760

Nathan Sivin

Publication date: 17 November 2008

Published in: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78956-9

zbMATH Keywords

astronomyastronomical instrumentsHsu HengKuo Shou-chingmathematical astronomyShou-Shihlitimekeeping

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics at institutions and academies (non-university) (01A74) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of mathematics in Late Antiquity and medieval Europe (01A35) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02) History of mathematics and mathematicians (01A99) History of Chinese mathematics (01A25) History and biography (01-XX)

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