Chinese Astronomical Bureau, 16201850 - Lineages, Bureaucracy and Technical Expertise

This book offers a new insight into one of the most interesting and long-lived institutions known to historians of science, the Chinese imperial Astronomical Bureau, which for two millennia observed, recorded, interpreted and predicted the movements of the celestial bodies.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. The Organization of the Qing Astronomical Bureau 3. From the Old Method to the New Method 4. Kangxi Calendar Dispute 5. Emperors and the He Brothers 6. The Solar Eclipse of 1730 7. Knowledge Reproduction 8. Maintaining a Familial Career 9. The Decline of Missionary Influence and the Nineteenth-Century Reforms of the Astronomical Bureau 10. Conclusion

About the author

Ping-Ying Chang is Adjunct Assistant Professor of mathematics at the National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, where she teaches courses on the history of mathematics and mathematical thinking in fictions and films.

Summary

This book offers a new insight into one of the most interesting and long-lived institutions known to historians of science, the Chinese imperial Astronomical Bureau, which for two millennia observed, recorded, interpreted and predicted the movements of the celestial bodies.

Product details

• Authors: Ping-Ying Chang
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.10.2022
• EAN: 9780367439675
• ISBN: 978-0-367-43967-5
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Needham Research Institute Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); China, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Asia / China, History of Science, Astronomy, space & time, Institutions and learned societies: general, Astronomy, space and time, Institutions & learned societies: general