Ancient Chinese inventions
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Ancient Chinese inventions
(Introductions to Chinese culture)
Cambridge University Press, 2011
Updated ed
- : pbk
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中国古代发明
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
Note
"Translated from the original Chinese by Wang Pingxing"--Inside flap of cover
Originally published: China Intercontinental Press, 2010
Appendix: Chronological table of the Chinese dynasties
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 1. The four major inventions
- 2. Other major inventions (I)
- 3. Other major inventions (II)
- 4. Other major inventions (III)
- 5. Miscellaneous smart inventions
- 6. Classical works of science
- Appendix: a brief chronology of China's history.
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