Correspondence with Derek J. De Solla Price of Yale University, U.S.A., about the Japanese system of counting up numbers, and other matters, 1961-05-29
File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/338/11
Scope and Contents
The correspondence comprises 1 letter and 1 note from Price; copy of 1 letter from Joseph Needham.
Other matters discussed include Su Sung's clock; Price's plans for a visit to England; Price's view 'that Euclidean geometry in the form of Ptolemaic astronomy was a the basis of all science..'; study of History of Science at Cambridge; possibility of Needham going to America.
Dates
- Creation: 1961-05-29
Extent
5 sheet(s) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Originator(s)
Price, Derek J. De Solla; Needham, Joseph
Finding aid date
2006-11-14 13:35:29+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Needham Research Institute Repository
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Needham Research Institute
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Needham Research Institute
8 Sylvester Road
Cambridge CB3 9AF United Kingdom
+441223 762157
Library@nri.cam.ac.uk