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History Of Mathematical Sciences: Portugal And East Asia IV Europe And China: Science And The Arts In The 17th And 18th Centuries: 04
Author(s): Luis M R Saraiva (Author)
- Publisher: World Scientific
- Publication Date: 18 Nov. 2012
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 340 pages
- ISBN-10: 9814390437
- ISBN-13: 9789814390439
Book Description
Missionaries, and in particular the Portuguese Assistancy of the Society of Jesus, played a fundamental role in the dissemination of Western scientific knowledge in East Asia. They also brought to Europe a deeper knowledge of Asian countries. This volume brings together a series of essays analyzing important new data on this significant scientific and cultural exchange, including several in-depth discussions of new sources relevant to Jesuit scientific activities at the Chinese Emperor’s Court. It includes major contributions examining various case studies that range from the work of some individual missionaries (Karel Slavíček, Guillaume Bonjour) in Beijing during the reigns of Kangxi and Yongzheng to the cultural exchange between a Korean envoy and the Beijing Jesuits during the early 18th century. Focusing in particular on the relationship between science and the arts, this volume also features articles pertaining to the historical contributions made by Tomás Pereira and Jean-Joseph-Marie Amiot, to the exchange of musical knowledge between China and Europe.
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This book analyzes the interaction between Europe and East Asia in the 17th and 18th centuries in the field of mathematical sciences, bringing to the fore the role of Portugal as an agent of transformation in this process. It brings together latest and important data and analysis by a reputed group of historians of science on the following themes:
Portugal and the Jesuit Missions in Asia
The Jesuits and the knowledge of China in Europe
Tom?’s Pereira (1645 1708)
New sources on Western Science at the Chinese Emperor’s Court
Missionaries in Beijing during the Kangxi and Qing reigns
