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The Origins of Sciences in China History of Science and Technology in China Volume 1
Title
The Origins of Sciences in China [electronic resource] : History of Science and Technology in China Volume 1 / edited by Xiaoyuan Jiang.
ISBN
9789811578533
Edition
1st ed. 2021.
Publication
Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
Physical Description
1 online resource (232 illus. eReference.
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Summary
This volume outlines the origins of a wide range of disciplines including astronomy, agricultural science, medicine, physics, chemistry, and natural history. It provides an overview of China's history of science and technology, which can be traced back to the pre-Qin times when the arts had free expression and the schools of thought were unrestricted. It also includes a glossary and comparison of the chronicle of events in China and the West for reference. This is the first volume in the series History of Science and Technology in China. History of Science and Technology in China is the first series with high academic values on general history of Chinese science and technology, with contributions by top-notch scholars in this field. This 5-volume work provides an encyclopedic historical panorama of Chinese scientific and technological development. It unfolds the history of Chinese science and technology through a clarified timeline from as early as the far ancient times to the very present. This work consists of five volumes: Origins of Chinese Sciences, Ancient Chinese Studies of Heaven and Earth, High Tide of Chinese Sciences, Theoretical and Technological Development, and Western Influences.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 03, 2021
Series
History of Science and Technology in China,
Contents
Overview of ancient Chinese studies of Heaven
the Pre-qin period: Scientific and Technological Development in the Flourishing Times of Diverse Schools of Thoughts
Chinese Agriculture and Conceptual Evolution of Agricultural Science Kao Gong Ji and Chinese Ancient Craftsmanship Industry
From the Bamboo or Silk Medicine Books to the Establishment of Classics
Literature on the Bamboo Slips and Chinese Mathematical History
Historical Development of Chinese Traditional Metrology
Cosmology of Ancient Chinese People
Ancient Chinese Architecture
Ancient Chinese Angle: Concept and Measurement
Shipbuilding and Shipping in China
The Development of Bronze Metallurgical Technology in the Pre-Qin Period
Marquis Yi of Zeng's Bell Set and Ancient Chinese Medicine
Techniques of Bronze Kingdom: Ancient Chinese Casting Technologies
Ancient Chinese Alchemy
Nine Chapters on Mathematical Procedures and Liu Hui
Glossary
"Comparison of Chronicle of Events in China and Western Countries".
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