Title Reviving ancient Chinese mathematics : mathematics, history and politics in the work of Wu Wen-Tsun / Jiri Hudecek

Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 210 pages) : illustrations Series Needham Research Institute series Needham Research Institute series. Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. The making of a prominent Chinese mathematician -- 3. Mathematics and Chinese socialist construction -- 4. The transformative effect of the cultural revolution -- 5. Wu Wen-Tsun's construction of traditional Chinese mathematics -- 6. Independence and inspiration : Wu Wen-Tsun's work since 1977 -- 7. Saving the nation with mathematics and its history Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Wu, Wen-tsun Wu, Wen-tsün. Mathematicians -- China -- Biography. Mathematics, Chinese -- History -- 20th century Mathematicians. Mathematics, Chinese. China. Genre/Form Biographies. History. Form Electronic book ISBN 0203795091 0415702968 1134468253 1134468326 1134468393 1138091855 9780203795095 9780415702966 9781134468256 9781134468324 9781134468393 9781138091856

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