Translating Science: The Transmission of Western Chemistry Into Late Imperial China, 1840-1900

by David Wright

How did the Chinese in the 19th century deal with the enormous influx of Western science? What were the patterns behind this watershed in Chinese intellectual history?
This work deals with those responsible for the translation of science, the major issues they were confronted with, and their struggles; the Chinese translators' views of its overpowering influence on, and interaction with their own great tradition, those of the missionary-translators...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004117768
• ISBN13: 9789004117761
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 558 Pages
• Weight: 2.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.5" x 9.7"