Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures

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2nd Edition 1st Edition

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Springer

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2

Copyright

2007

ISBN13

9781402044250

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College Freshman - College Senior

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Contains entries dealing with the history of the scientific, technological and medical accomplishments of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. Includes intercultural articles on broad topics such as mathematics and astronomy as well as philosophical articles on concepts and ideas related to the study of non-Western science, such as rationality, objectivity, and method.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Editor-in-Chief.
Editorial Board.
Advisory Board.
Personal Note from the Editor.
Other Frontmatter.
Dedication.
List of Contributors.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction to the Second Edition.
1: Abacus.
2: Abortion.
3: Abraham Bar Ḥiyya (Savasorda).
4: Abraham Ibn Ezra.
5: Abū Jaʿfar al-Khāzin.
6: Abū Kāmil.
7: Abū 'I-Barakāt.
8: Abū'l-Fidāʾ.
9: Abū'l-Ṣalt.
10: Abū'l-Wafāʾ.
11: Abū Maʿshar.
12: Acoustics in Chinese Culture.
13: Acupuncture.
14: Acyuta Piṣāraṭi.
15: Agriculture: Ancient Methods.
16: Agriculture in Africa.
17: Agriculture of the Ancient Maya.
18: Agriculture in China.
19: Agriculture in India.
20: Agriculture in the Islamic World.
21: Agriculture in Japan.
22: Agriculture in the Pacific.
23: Agriculture in South and Central America.
24: Agroforestry in Africa.
25: Agroforestry: Agri-Silviculture.
26: Agroforestry: Field-and-Grove Systems.
27: Agroforestry: Field-and-Interstitial Support Trees.
28: Agroforestry: Harmonic Swiddens.
29: Agroforestry: Special Systems.
30: Agroforestry: Systems with Animals and Grasses.
31: Agroforestry in the Pacific Islands.
32: Aida Yasuaki.
33: Ajima Naonobu.
34: Al-Battānī.
35: Al-Bīrūnī.
36: Al-Bīrūnī and Geography.
37: Al-Biṭrūjī.
38: Alchemy in China.
39: Alchemy in Islam.
40: Al-Damīrī.
41: Al-Farghānī.
42: Al-Fazārī.
43: Alfonso X.
44: Algebra, Surveyors'.
45: Algebra in China.
46: Algebra in India: Bījagaṇita.
47: Algebra in Islamic Mathematics.
48: Algebra in the Malay World: A Case Study of Islamic Mathematics.
49: Al-Ḥajjāj.
50: Al-Hamdānī.
51: Al-Hās
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