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• Author/Creator:Fontana, Michela.
  
• Uniform Title:[Matteo Ricci. English]
  
• Title:Matteo Ricci : A Jesuit in the Ming Court / Michela Fontana.
  
• ISBN:9781442205864 (cloth : alk. paper)
  1442205865 (cloth : alk. paper)
  9781442205888 (electronic)
  1442205881 (electronic)
  
• Published/Created:Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2011], ©2011.
  
• Physical Description:xv, 319 pages ; 24 cm.
  

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  • Call Number: BV3427.R46 F6613 2011
    
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• Notes:Translation of: Matteo Ricci / Michela Fontana. -- Milano : Mondadori, c2005. -- 347 pages ; 23 cm.
  
• Format:Book
• BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references and index.
  
• Contents:The Jesuit and mathematics -- In the East -- The difficulty of learning Chinese -- The man from the West -- The pride of Li Madou -- The meeting of Confucius and Euclid -- Metamorphosis into Mandarin -- The strength of friendship -- To Beijing! -- Heated disputes and science lessons -- Prisoner of the eunuch -- In the heart of the empire -- The empty throne -- The lord of heaven -- Doctor Paul -- Euclid becomes Chinese -- The open door -- After Matteo Ricci : the scientific legacy, triumph and persecution.
  
• Subjects:Ricci, Matteo, 1552-1610.
  Jesuits--China--Biography.
  China--History--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
  
• Subjects (Local Yale):World Christianity--2011.