From China to Paris
Author | : Yvonne Dold-Samplonius |
Publisher | : Franz Steiner Verlag |
Total Pages | : 486 |
Release | : 2002 |
ISBN-10 | : 3515082239 |
ISBN-13 | : 9783515082235 |
Rating | : 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Download or read book From China to Paris written by Yvonne Dold-Samplonius and published by Franz Steiner Verlag. This book was released on 2002 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reports of a conference of 11 scholars who began the task of examing together primary sources that might shed som elight on exactly how and in what fomrs mathematical problems, concepts, and techniques may have been transmitted between various civilizations, from antiquity down to the European Renaissance following more or less the legendary silk routes between China and Western Europe.