:the Chinese astronomical reform of 1280, with a study of its many dimensions and a translation of its records : Shou shih li cong kao
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Nathan Sivin
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
; with the research collaboration of the late Kiyosi Yabuuti, Yabuuchi Kiyosi, and Shigeru Nakayama, Nakayama Shigeru
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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New York
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: Springer
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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664 p.
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: , ill
SERIES
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(Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences)
GENERAL NOTES
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"Translation and study of the Season-granting system"--P. 5.
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CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Astronomical reform and occupation politics -- Orientation -- The project : origins and process -- The astronomers -- The observatory and its instruments -- The records -- Evaluation of the Season-granting system -- Canon of the Season-granting system -- Appendix A: The instruments of Kuo Shou-ching -- Appendix B: The account of conduct of Kuo Shou-ching -- Appendix C: Technical terms.