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    HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON EAST ASIAN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE

    edited by Alan K L Chan (National University of Singapore) , Gregory K Clancey (National University of Singapore) , & Hui-Chieh Loy (National University of Singapore)

    Historical Perspectives on East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine brings together over fifty papers by leading contemporary historians from more than a dozen nations. It is the third in a series of books growing out of the tri-annual International Conference on the History of Science in East Asia, the largest and most prestigious gathering of scholars in the field. The current volume broadens the field's traditional focus on China to include path-breaking work on Vietnam, Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and even the transmission of Asian science and technology to Europe and the United States. Topics covered include: traditional Chinese, Vietnamese, and Filipino medicines; Chinese astronomy; Japanese earthquakes; science and technology policy; architecture; the digital revolution; and much else.

     
    Contents:
    • Philosophy/Cultural Study of Science & Technology:
      • The Digital Revolution and East Asian Science (N Shigeru)
      • “Good Luck” in the History of Science in Japan (S Shigeo)
      • Traditional East Asian Views of Nature Revisited (S K Lee)
    • Science & Technology Policy:
      • On the Mistakes of Emperor Kangxi's Scientific Policy (Z-Z Xi)
      • A Shift in Academia Sinica's Mission in 1935 (Y-B Duan & H-Y Fan)
      • The Internet in China: Policy and Problems (Y-D Liu)
    • Medicine and the Life Sciences:
      • Biology in Song China (G H Luo)
      • The Presentation of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Knowledge in Hong Kong (H Hiroyuki)
      • Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in Denmark: Conditions in a New Host Culture (E Høg)
    • Western Scientific Influence:
      • The College of São Paulo in Macao: A Background (16th and 17th Centuries) (L Saraiva & H Leitão)
      • Two Spanish Cosmographers in the Philippines: Andrés de Urdaneta and Martín de Rada (J A Cervara)
    • Mathematics:
      • Why Interpolation? (A-J Qu)
      • An Investigation of the Yíng-Bùzú Method (C Y Chen & Z H Li)
      • On the Basic Rules for Reconstruction of the Calendar (M-D Chen)
    • Astronomy:
      • Fake Leap Months in the Chinese Calendar: From the Jesuits to 2033 (H Aslaksen)
      • Originality and Dependence of Traditional Astronomies in the East (Ô Yukio)
    • Technology/Technique:
      • Summary of Chinese Ship Navigation in Ancient Southeast Asia (Q P Jin)
    • Scientific Literature:
      • External and Internal in Ge Hong's Alchemy (E Torchinov)
      • and other papers
     
    Readership: Researchers, academics and graduate students in the history of science, east asian studies, international relations and sociology.
     


     
    608pp    Pub. date: Jul 2002  
    ISBN:   978-9971-69-259-9(pbk)
    9971-69-259-7(pbk)
       US$61 / £49

     


     

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