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" Translating science : "
by David Wright.
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BL
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886813
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Wright, David,1947 December 5-
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Translating science : : the transmission of Western chemistry into Late Imperial China, 1840-1900 /\ by David Wright.
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Leiden ;Boston :: Brill,, 2000.
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Sinica Leidensia,; v. 48
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xxvi, 558 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm.
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9004117768
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: 9789004117761
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-534) and index.
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| Abstract
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"How did the Chinese in the nineteenth 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 translations 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 who used natural theology to propagate the Gospel, and those of John Fryer, a 'secular missionary', who founded the Shanghai Polytechnic and edited the Chinese Scientific Magazine." "With due attention for the techniques of translation, the formation of new terms, the mechanisms behind the 'struggle for survival' between the, in this case, chemical terms, all amply illustrated at the hand of original texts." "The final chapter charts the intellectual influence of Western science, the role of the scientific metaphor in political discourse, and the translation of science from a collection of mere 'techniques' to a source of political inspiration."--Jacket.
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Chemical literature-- Translations into Chinese.
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Chemistry-- Study and teaching-- China-- History-- 19th century.
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Chemie
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Chemistry-- Study and teaching.
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Chinesisch
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Fachsprache
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Übersetzung
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Geschichte 1840-1900.
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Chemie.
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Receptie.
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China
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China.
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China.
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Chinesisch.
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Westliche Welt
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| Dewey Classification
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540/.951/09034
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QD49.C58W75 2000
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35.01bcl
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