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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 710
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The Cumulative Book Index
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 710
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Languages : en
Pages : 710
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Chinese Mathematics in the Thirteenth Century
Author: Ulrich Libbrecht
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486446190
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 594
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An exploration of the life and work of the thirteenth-century mathematician Ch'in, this fascinating book examines a range of mathematical issues that reflect Chinese life of a millennium ago. Its first part consists of four closely related studies of Ch'in and his work. The first study brings together what is known of the mathematician's life and of the history of his only extant work, the Shu-shu chiu-chang. Subsequent studies examine the entire range of mathematical techniques and problems found within Ch'in's book. The core of this book consists of an in-depth study of what modern mathematicians still refer to as the Chinese remainder theorem for the solution of indeterminate equations of the first degree. This was Ch'in's most original contribution to mathematics--so original that no one could correctly explain Ch'in's procedure until the early nineteenth century. This volume's concluding study unites information on artisanal, economic, administrative, and military affairs dispersed throughout Ch'in's writings, providing rare insights into thirteenth-century China.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486446190
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
An exploration of the life and work of the thirteenth-century mathematician Ch'in, this fascinating book examines a range of mathematical issues that reflect Chinese life of a millennium ago. Its first part consists of four closely related studies of Ch'in and his work. The first study brings together what is known of the mathematician's life and of the history of his only extant work, the Shu-shu chiu-chang. Subsequent studies examine the entire range of mathematical techniques and problems found within Ch'in's book. The core of this book consists of an in-depth study of what modern mathematicians still refer to as the Chinese remainder theorem for the solution of indeterminate equations of the first degree. This was Ch'in's most original contribution to mathematics--so original that no one could correctly explain Ch'in's procedure until the early nineteenth century. This volume's concluding study unites information on artisanal, economic, administrative, and military affairs dispersed throughout Ch'in's writings, providing rare insights into thirteenth-century China.
The Chinese Virago
Author: Yenna Wu
Publisher: Harvard Univ Asia Center
ISBN: 9780674125728
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Drawing from a broad array of literary, historical, dramatic and anecdotal sources, Yenna Wu makes a rich exploration of an unusually prominent theme in premodern Chinese prose fiction and drama: that of jealous and belligerent wives, or viragos, who dominate their husbands and abuse other women. Focusing on Chinese literary works from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, she presents many colorful perspectives on this type of aggression, reviewing early literary and historical examples of the phenomenon. Wu argues that although the various portraits of the virago often reveal the writers' insecurities about strong-willed women in general, the authors also satirize the kind of man whose behavioral patterns have been catalysts for female aggression. She also shows that, while the women in these works are to some extent male constructs designed to affirm the patriarchal system, various elements of these portraits constitute a subversive form of parody that casts a revealing light on the patriarchal hierarchy of premodern China.
Publisher: Harvard Univ Asia Center
ISBN: 9780674125728
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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Drawing from a broad array of literary, historical, dramatic and anecdotal sources, Yenna Wu makes a rich exploration of an unusually prominent theme in premodern Chinese prose fiction and drama: that of jealous and belligerent wives, or viragos, who dominate their husbands and abuse other women. Focusing on Chinese literary works from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, she presents many colorful perspectives on this type of aggression, reviewing early literary and historical examples of the phenomenon. Wu argues that although the various portraits of the virago often reveal the writers' insecurities about strong-willed women in general, the authors also satirize the kind of man whose behavioral patterns have been catalysts for female aggression. She also shows that, while the women in these works are to some extent male constructs designed to affirm the patriarchal system, various elements of these portraits constitute a subversive form of parody that casts a revealing light on the patriarchal hierarchy of premodern China.
Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: James Silk Buckingham
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Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Our Neighbors: the Chinese
Author: Joseph King Goodrich
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 360
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Trübner's Bibliographical Catalogues
Author: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 1236
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 1236
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The Athenæum
Author: James Silk Buckingham
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Languages : en
Pages : 820
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Languages : en
Pages : 820
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The Chinese at Home
Author: James Dyer Ball
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Bulletin
Author: United States. Office of Education
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 696
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 696
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Bulletin - Bureau of Education
Author: United States. Bureau of Education
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
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