Heavenly Numbers: Astronomy and Authority in Early Imperial China - Cullen, Christopher (Emeritus Director, Needham Research Institute,
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This is a book about the history of astronomy during the foundation of imperial China. As the state believed that signs in the heavens contained vital messages about the way government should be conducted, China maintained a large staff of specialists whose job was to observe, record, and attempt to predict the movements of the heavenly bodies.

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This is a book about the history of astronomy during the foundation of imperial China. As the state believed that signs in the heavens contained vital messages about the way government should be conducted, China maintained a large staff of specialists whose job was to observe, record, and attempt to predict the movements of the heavenly bodies.
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Christopher Cullen read Engineering Science at Oxford, and later did a PhD in Classical Chinese at SOAS, University of London. He taught in the Department of History at SOAS, and became Deputy Director, then Director, of the Needham Research Institute, Cambridge. He has served as editor of the Science and Civilisation in China series founded by Joseph Needham, and edits the Needham Research Institute monograph series.