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Chinese Mathematical Astrology: Reaching Out to the Stars

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Availability:In StockContributor:Ho Peng YokeSeries:Needham Research InstitutePublish date:2013-10-25Pages:228
Language:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9780415863100ISBN-10:415863104UPC:9780415863100Book Category:History, Education, MathematicsBook Subcategory:Asia, Teaching, History & PhilosophyBook Topic:China, SubjectsSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.7209Product ID:SCP4XGNZJW

Chinese Mathematical Astrology: Reaching Out to the Stars

Though there are a number of well-written works on Chinese divination, there are none that deal with the three sophisticated devices that were employed by the Chinese Astronomical Bureau in the eleventh century and for hundreds of years thereafter. Chinese experts applied the methods associated with these devices to both weather forecasting and to the interpretation of human affairs.

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Series: Needham Research Institute
Language:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9780415863100ISBN-10:415863104UPC:9780415863100Book Category:History, Education, MathematicsBook Subcategory:Asia, Teaching, History & PhilosophyBook Topic:China, SubjectsSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.48 inchesWeight:0.7209Product ID:SCP4XGNZJW

Ho Peng Yoke has published widely on Chinese alchemy, astronomy, divination and mathematics. He has occupied senior academic positions in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Australia and Hong Kong before becoming the Director of the Needham Research Institute in 1990. He is an academician of the Australian Academy of Humanities, Academia Sinica and the International Euro-Asia Academy of Science.


Publisher: Routledge

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Ho Peng Yoke

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