Oracle Bones, Stars, and Wheelbarrows: Ancient Chinese Science and Technology

Type

Book

Authors

Frank Ross Jr.

ISBN 10

0395618436

ISBN 13

9780395618431

Tags

Compass, Stirrup, Clock, Seismograph, Science, China, engineering, Technology, Inventions, Astronomy, Printing

Description

Discusses the achievements of the ancient Chinese in astronomy, medicine, science, and engineering, as well as such influential Chinese inventions as paper, printing, gunpowder, and the compass. This book on the inventions of ancient China offers a dazzling parade of such unexpected items as the compass, stirrup, clock, and seismograph, all of which appeared hundreds of years earlier than their counterparts in the West

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