Celestial creations

We now turn to the story of the great reform of the system of celestial calculation, li, that took place in 104 BCE. The decision to carry out a reform was driven by the emperor’s ...

Abstract This book explores motifs of cosmology and meteorology in Valerius Flaccus’s Argonautica, demonstrating how Valerius draws eclectically on philosophical ...

Should transhuman and posthuman persons ever be brought into existence? And if so, could they be generated in a good and loving way? This study explores how society may respond to ...

Biosocial Synchrony on Sumba: Multispecies Relationships and Environmental Variations in Indonesia examines biosocial change in the Austronesian community of the Kodi by examining ...

In this chapter, we look at the work of Liu Hong, who emerges as the principal technical consultant involved in the later phases of the debates discussed in the last chapter, altho...