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The Chinese Astronomical Bureau, 1620-1850: Lineages, Bureaucracy and Technical Expertise
Hardcover
Series: Needham Research Institute
Chinese HistoryGeneral SociologyGeneral World History
ISBN13: 9780367439675
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Oct 7 2022
Pages: 230
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
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.
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