Ancient Chinese inventions / Deng Yinke.
Deng, Yinke, 1936-
2011
T27.C5 D4613 2011 (Mapit)
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Title Ancient Chinese inventions / Deng Yinke.
Author Deng, Yinke, 1936-
Uniform Title Zhongguo gu dai fa ming. English
Edition Updated ed.
ISBN 9780521186926
0521186927
Imprint Cambridge, UK : New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Language English
Description 155 p. : col. ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Call Number T27.C5 D4613 2011
Summary "China has given birth to numerous scientific and technological inventions, and for many centuries led the world in such innovations. Indeed, some of the most important inventions in the history of human civilization originated in China not least the compass, gunpowder, paper and printing. Ancient Chinese Inventions provides an accessible, illustrated introduction to the many inventions to which China can lay claim, from the aforementioned seminal discoveries to mining technology, the production of silk and ceramics, and brilliant advances in astronomy, mathematics and medicine."--pub. desc.
Series Introductions to Chinese culture.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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Are the four major inventions the most important?
Compass
Gunpowder
Paper
Printing
Iron and steel smelting
Copper smelting and bronze ware
Extraction and application of petroleum
Discovery and mining of coal
Pottery and porcelain
Wine and liquor
Sericulture
Tea and tea culture
Star catalogue and star atlas
Observation of solar and lunar eclipses
Surveying of the meridian
Zhang Heng and his seismograph
Guo Shoujing and his shoushi calendar
The decimal and binary systems
Zu Chongzhi and pi
Equal temperament
Traditional Chinese medicine
Acupuncture
Anesthetic
Variolation
The Great Wall
China's Grand Canal;
Dujiangyan irrigation system
Kite
Abacus
Weiqi (Go)
Hot-air balloon
Parachute
Archery
Match
Chinese kung fu
Football
Golf
Classical works of science.

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