LEADER 03946nam 22005415 450 001 9910483225003321 005 20230822195730.0 010 $a981-15-7853-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-981-15-7853-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000011950127 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6635036 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6635036 035 $a(OCoLC)1257667080 035 $a(DE-He213)978-981-15-7853-3 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011950127 100 $a20210531d2021 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Origins of Sciences in China $eHistory of Science and Technology in China Volume 1 /$fedited by Xiaoyuan Jiang 205 $a1st ed. 2021. 210 1$aSingapore :$cSpringer Nature Singapore :$cImprint: Springer,$d2021. 215 $a1 online resource (961 pages) 225 1 $aHistory of Science and Technology in China,$x2730-9118 311 $a981-15-7852-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aOverview 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?. 330 $aThis volume outlines the origins of a wide range of disciplines including astronomy, agricultural science, medicine, physics, chemistry, and natural history. It provides an overview of China?s history of science and technology, which can be traced back to the pre-Qin times when the arts had free expression and the schools of thought were unrestricted. It also includes a glossary and comparison of the chronicle of events in China and the West for reference. This is the first volume in the series History of Science and Technology in China. History of Science and Technology in China is the first series with high academic values on general history of Chinese science and technology, with contributions by top-notch scholars in this field. This 5-volume work provides an encyclopedic historical panorama of Chinese scientific and technological development. It unfolds the history of Chinese science and technology through a clarified timeline from as early as the far ancient times to the very present. This work consists of five volumes: Origins of Chinese Sciences, Ancient Chinese Studies of Heaven and Earth, High Tide of Chinese Sciences, Theoretical and Technological Development, and Western Influences. 410 0$aHistory of Science and Technology in China,$x2730-9118 606 $aScience$xHistory 606 $aScience$xSocial aspects 606 $aHistory of Science 606 $aScience and Technology Studies 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 0$aScience$xSocial aspects. 615 14$aHistory of Science. 615 24$aScience and Technology Studies. 676 $a509.51 702 $aJiang$b Xiaoyuan 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910483225003321 996 $aThe origins of sciences in China$92597995 997 $aUNINA