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The Emperor’s New Mathematics: Western Learning and Imperial Authority During the Kangxi Reign (1662–1722) by Catherine Jami

OXFORD: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2011, 452 PP., £31.99, ISBN 978-0-19-960140-0

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Heeffer, A. The Emperor’s New Mathematics: Western Learning and Imperial Authority During the Kangxi Reign (1662–1722) by Catherine Jami . Math Intelligencer 38, 83–84 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-015-9590-5

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