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Accountsoftheseventeenth-centuryJesuitMissiontoChinahaveoftencelebrateditasthegreatencounteroftwocivilizations.TheJesuitsportrayedthemselvesaswisemenfromtheWestwhousedmathematicsandscienceinserviceoftheirmission.Chin
作者简介
RogerHartisvisitingprofessorandfellow,TempletonScienceandReligioninEastAsiaProject,ScienceCultureResearchCenter,SeoulNationalUniversity.HeistherecipientofNEH,ACLS,andMellonfellowships.HispreviousappointmentsincludeStanford,InstituteforAdvancedStudyinPrinceton,UniversityofChicago,andUniversityofTexas.HeisauthorofTheChineseRootsofLinearAlgebra,alsopublishedbyJohnsHopkinsUniversityPress.