Book review of: R. Hart, Imagined civilizations. China, the West, and their first encounter

DOI10.1007/S00283-015-9598-XMaRDI QIDQ317020zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Andrea Bréard

Publication date 30 September 2016

Published in The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-015-9598-x

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bibliographic studies (01A90) External book reviews (00A17) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02) History of Chinese mathematics (01A25) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) Historiography (01A85)

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• The Chinese roots of linear algebra

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