TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Astronomy and mathematics in ancient India = Astronomie et mathémathiques de l'Inde ancienne
T2  - Lettres orientales et classiques
A2  - Delire, J. M.
LA  - eng
LA  - fra
PP  - Leuven ; Walpole, Mass.
PB  - Peeters
YR  - 2012
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.2488168
AB  - "Already in 1786, Sir William Jones, founder of the Asiatick Society in Calcutta, wrote "What their astronomical and mathematical writings contain, will not, I trust, remain long a secret: they are easily procured, and their importance cannot be doubted". Nevertheless, though India is nowadays a part of our daily media environment, its science, as ancient as Greek science, is still badly known and insufficiently included in history of science manuals. This book aims at helping to fill this gap by letting some of the best specialists in Indian astronomy and mathematics express themselves. They recount the evolution of these sciences, from the 'Aryabhatiya' (6th century) to the works of the Keralese astronomers-mathematicians (13-16th centuries), via treatises on prosody (14th century) and on astrolabe making produced since the same period. These treatises are described in association with the oldest Sanskrit astrolabe, preserved in Belgium."--P. [4] of cover.
OP  - 199
NO  - "Actes de la journée d'études organisée le 24 avril 2009 à l'Université Libre de Bruxelles."
SN  - 9042926147
SN  - 9789042926141
KW  - 500-1599
KW  - Astronomy : India : History.
KW  - Astronomy, Ancient : India.
KW  - Mathematics : India : HIstory.
KW  - Mathematics, Ancient : India.
KW  - historia
KW  - matematiikka
KW  - tähtitiede
KW  - Intia
ER  -