Translating science : the transmission of western chemistry into late imperial China, 1840-1900 / by David Wright.
Pubblicazione:
Leiden : Brill, 2000.
Descrizione fisica:
XXVI, 558 p. : ill., ritr. ; 25 cm
Serie:
Sinica Leidensia, 0169-9563 ; 48
Contiene:
Indice: List of figures and tables. List of appendices and bibliographies. Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Introduction. 1. The matrix of translation 2. Translation as discovery 3. Translation as evangelism 4. The translator as secular missionary 5. Science as public spectacle 6. Science in popular journalism 7. On translation 8. Translation as authority 9. Science as a new branch of learning 10. The survival of the fittest terms 11. Translation as inspiration 12. Translating science. Appendices. Bibliographies. Index
