Early Chinese work in natural science : a re-examination of the physics of motion, acoustics, astronomy and scientific thoughts / Chen Cheng-Yih

Author: Chen, Cheng-Yih
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 1996.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxiii, 264 pages) : illustrations

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Contents

List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Foreword; Author's Note; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Early Chinese Work on the Physics of Motion; 2 Early Chinese Work on Acoustics; 3 Early Chinese Work in Astronomy; 4 Early Scientific Ideas and Thoughts of Nature in Ancient China; Epilogue; Bibliographies; Index.

Summary

This book re-examines the nature of early Chinese work in natural science, on the basis of original records analysis and artifacts discovered in recent decades by archaeological explorations of China's past.

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History

ISBN

9789882201095 (electronic bk.)
9882201091 (electronic bk.)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-252) and index.

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