Hudecek Jiri Reviving Ancient Chinese Mathematics: Mathematics, History and Politics in the Work of Wu Wen-Tsun 9780415702966

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Автор: Hudecek Jiri
Название: Reviving Ancient Chinese Mathematics: Mathematics, History and Politics in the Work of Wu Wen-Tsun
ISBN: 9780415702966
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
Классификация:

Философия математики

История математики

ISBN-10: 0415702968
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 222
Вес: 0.48 кг.
Дата издания: 22.06.2014
Серия: Needham research institute series
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 18 tables, black and white; 12 line drawings, black and white; 12 illustrations, black and white
Размер: 235 x 162 x 18
Читательская аудитория: Undergraduate
Ключевые слова: Regional studies, HISTORY / Asia / China,MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy,SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
Подзаголовок: Mathematics, history and politics in the work of wu wen-tsun
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Описание: Twentieth-century China has been caught between a desire to increase its wealth and power in line with other advanced nations, which, by implication, means copying their institutions, practices and values, whilst simultaneously seeking to preserve China’s independence and historically formed identity. Over time, Chinese philosophers, writers, artists and politicians have all sought to reconcile these goals and this book shows how this search for a Chinese way penetrated even the most central, least contested area of modernity: science. Reviving Ancient Chinese Mathematics is a study of the life of one of modern China’s most admired scientific figures, the mathematician Wu Wen-Tsun. Negotiating the conflict between progress and tradition, he found a path that not only ensured his political and personal survival, but which also brought him renown as a mathematician of international status who claimed that he stood outside the dominant western tradition of mathematics. Wu Wen-Tsun’s story highlights crucial developments and contradictions in twentieth -century China, the significance of which extends far beyond the field of mathematics. On one hand lies the appeal of radical scientific modernity, mechanisation in all its forms, and competitiveness within the international scientific community. On the other is an anxiety to preserve national traditions and make them part of the modernisation project. Moreover, Wu’s intellectual development also reflects the complex relationship between science and Maoist ideology, because his turn to history was powered by his internalisation of certain aspects of Maoist ideology, including its utilitarian philosophy of science. This book traces how Wu managed to combine political success and international scientific eminence, a story that has wider implications for a new century of increasing Chinese activity in the sciences. As such, it will be of great interest to students and scholars of Chinese history, the history of science and the history and philosophy of mathematics.

Reviving Ancient Chinese Mathematics: Mathematics, History and Politics in the Work of Wu Wen-Tsun, Hudecek Jiri