How Long to Read Imagined Civilizations

How Long Does it Take to Read Imagined Civilizations?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 32 minutes to read Imagined Civilizations by Roger Hart

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Roger Hart debunks the long-held belief that linear algebra developed independently in the West. Accounts of the seventeenth-century Jesuit Mission to China have often celebrated it as the great encounter of two civilizations. The Jesuits portrayed themselves as wise men from the West who used mathematics and science in service of their mission. Chinese literati-official Xu Guangqi (1562–1633), who collaborated with the Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci (1552–1610) to translate Euclid’s Elements into Chinese, reportedly recognized the superiority of Western mathematics and science and converted to Christianity. Most narratives relegate Xu and the Chinese to subsidiary roles as the Jesuits' translators, followers, and converts. Imagined Civilizations tells the story from the Chinese point of view. Using Chinese primary sources, Roger Hart focuses in particular on Xu, who was in a position of considerable power over Ricci. The result is a perspective startlingly different from that found in previous studies. Hart analyzes Chinese mathematical treatises of the period, revealing that Xu and his collaborators could not have believed their declaration of the superiority of Western mathematics. Imagined Civilizations explains how Xu’s West served as a crucial resource. While the Jesuits claimed Xu as a convert, he presented the Jesuits as men from afar who had traveled from the West to China to serve the emperor.

How long is Imagined Civilizations?

Imagined Civilizations by Roger Hart is 385 pages long, and a total of 98,175 words.

This makes it 130% the length of the average book. It also has 120% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Imagined Civilizations Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 56 minutes to read Imagined Civilizations aloud.

What Reading Level is Imagined Civilizations?

Imagined Civilizations is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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