The Origins of Sciences in China

History of Science and Technology in China Volume 1
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-981-15-7852-6
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 962 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1784 g

Reihe: History of Science and Technology in China

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 farancient 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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jiang, Xiaoyuan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wissenssoziologie, Wissenschaftssoziologie, Techniksoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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”.

Über Autor(innen)

Xiaoyuan Jiang, Dean of the Institute of science history and science and culture, Shanghai Jiao Tong University