Overview
The book is made up of two mutually explanatory parts, the first devoted to the general, historical and cultural background, and the second to the development of each subdiscipline that together comprise Chinese mathematics. This section is organised topically rather than chronologically, and is enriched in each case by examples, guides on how to intepret the contextual setting and by exhaustive references - both mathematical and sinological. This makes the book uniquely accessible, both as a topical reference work, and also as an overview that can be read and reread at many levels of sophistication by both sinologists and mathematicians alike. Indeed anyone with an interest in Chinese culture or the history of ideas will derive great benefit from this book
Full Product Details
Author: Jean-Claude Martzloff ,
S.S. Wilson
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Dimensions:
Width: 16.40cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 24.00cm
Weight: 0.885kg
ISBN: 9783540547495
ISBN 10: 3540547495
Pages: 509
Publication Date: October 1996
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
From the reviews: .."".a truly scholarly and balanced exposition...""-Zentralblatt fur Mathematik .."".crammed with insights, cautionary tales and a great deal of information about current research... will surely become a standard reference for students, teachers and researchers alike"" -Annals of Science ""Martzloff, together with Karine Chemla and Catherine Jami, is part of a French research group on the history of Chinese mathematics. Together, they have made substantial contributions to the field. In particular, they have brought to the field a more sophisticated and reflective attitude towards the writing of history. Martzloff remains the best introduction to the subject and his Bibliographical Orientation at the end should open up a huge world of texts and historical studies for anyone who wants to go further."" (Fernando Q. Gouvea, MathDL Online, October, 2006) "" From the reviews: .."".a truly scholarly and balanced exposition...""-Zentralblatt fur Mathematik .."".crammed with insights, cautionary tales and a great deal of information about current research... will surely become a standard reference for students, teachers and researchers alike"" -Annals of Science ""Martzloff, together with Karine Chemla and Catherine Jami, is part of a French research group on the history of Chinese mathematics. Together, they have made substantial contributions to the field. In particular, they have brought to the field a more sophisticated and reflective attitude towards the writing of history. Martzloff remains the best introduction to the subject and his Bibliographical Orientation at the end should open up a huge world of texts and historical studies for anyone who wants to go further."" (Fernando Q. Gouvea, MathDL Online, October, 2006)""
From the reviews: .. .a truly scholarly and balanced exposition... -Zentralblatt fur Mathematik .. .crammed with insights, cautionary tales and a great deal of information about current research... will surely become a standard reference for students, teachers and researchers alike -Annals of Science Martzloff, together with Karine Chemla and Catherine Jami, is part of a French research group on the history of Chinese mathematics. Together, they have made substantial contributions to the field. In particular, they have brought to the field a more sophisticated and reflective attitude towards the writing of history. Martzloff remains the best introduction to the subject and his Bibliographical Orientation at the end should open up a huge world of texts and historical studies for anyone who wants to go further. (Fernando Q. Gouvea, MathDL Online, October, 2006)
