Pieces and Parts in Scientific Texts. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Florence Bretelle-Establet, Stephane Schmitt, editors.
• Editors: Bretelle-Establet, Florence
• Other Names: Schmitt, Stéphane
• Contents: Intro; Contents; Introductory Remarks; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Starting Point; 1.2 Some Tools Introduced by Linguistics and Literary Criticism; 1.3 Segmentation in Texts on Science; 1.4 Structure of the Book; Bibliography; 2 Textual Places: "Parts of Text" and "Stretches of Text"; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 "Parts of Text": Connecting the Discourse to a Practice of Text Division; 2.2.1 Dividing up the Text: One Practice, Two Orders of Division; 2.2.2 Proposals for the Description and the Interpretation of Parts of Text Systems 2.3 "Stretches of Text": Enunciation Taking Place in a "Paper Space"2.3.1 Referring to the Writing Support, Referring to the Written Line; 2.3.2 Ci-Dessous (Below), Plus Haut (Above), Plus Loin (Below), Infra; 2.3.3 Prospects for Analyses; 2.4 Conclusion; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Material Parts of Texts; 3 Segmentation of Texts in Old Babylonian Mathematics; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Tablet AO 9071; 3.2.1 General Description; 3.2.2 The Sections: Boxes or Statements?; 3.2.3 Textual Segmentation; 3.3 The Series of AO 9071; 3.3.1 General Description 3.3.2 Features of an Entire Series Text3.3.3 The Tablets Which May Belong to the Same Series as AO 9071; 3.4 Operations on Texts; Appendix; Bibliography; 4 Textual Segmentation in Babylonian Astral Science; Abstract; 4.1 Mesopotamian Celestial Divination; 4.2 Babylonian Astronomical Diaries and Related Texts; 4.3 Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy; 4.3.1 Astronomical Procedure Texts; 4.4 Conclusions; Transliteration of Ossendrijver (2012c) no. 69, Obv. 0-8; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Organizational Strategies and Internal Architecture of Texts 5 Parts in Chinese Mathematical Texts. Interpreting the Chapter Form of The Nine Chapters on Mathematical ProceduresAbstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Inner Structure of the Nine Chapters in Chapters as a Heritage from Earlier Classics; 5.2.1 The Nine Chapters and the 'Nine Parts of Mathematics'; 5.2.2 Liu Hui's Testimony and the Newly Discovered Manuscripts; 5.2.3 The Qin Decree on Book Burning; 5.2.4 Mathematical Writings and the Qin Decree; 5.2.5 Conclusion on the Fate of Mathematical Books in Relation to Their Organization in Nine Chapters 5.3 The Meaning of a Chapter, or Why Are There Chapters in the Nine Chapters?5.3.1 The Title of a Chapter Is the Name of Its First Operation; 5.3.2 How Do the Commentators Refer to the Chapters?; 5.3.3 The Meaning of the First Procedure in a Chapter and of Jiu Shu; 5.4 Conclusion; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Secondary Literature; 6 "Parts of Text" in the Mathematical Literature of Ancient Greece: From the Author to His Commentator. The Example of Conics by Apollonius of Perga; Abstract; 6.1 Conics; 6.2 "Parts of Text" in Conics; 6.2.1 The Division into Books; 6.2.2 Internal Divisions
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Springer Science and Business Media Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 500; History; Science; Genetic epistemology; Printing; SCIENCE / Essays; SCIENCE / Reference; Science; Social Science -- General; Philosophy -- Epistemology; Mathematics -- History & Philosophy; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- General; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Publishing; Interdisciplinary studies; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; History of mathematics; Language: history & general works; Publishing industry & book trade; Science -- History; History of science; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319784670; 3319784676; 3319784668; 9783319784663
• Related ISBNs: 9783319784663
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 11, 2018).
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