Su Song

Su Song (; nama kehormatan: Zirong 子容)Harrist, 239, footnote 9. (1020–1101 Masehi) adalah seorang polimatik suku Han yang dideskripsikan sebagai ilmuwan, matematikawan, negarawan, astronom, kartografer, horolog, dokter pengobatan, farmakolog, mineralog, zoolog, botanis, ahli mekanik dan teknisi arsitektur, penyair, antikuarian, dan duta besar Dinasti Song (960–1279).

Su Song adalah teknisi dari menara jam astronomi hidro-mekanik di Kaifeng.Needham, Volume 4, 445.Needham, Volume 4, 448.Bodde, 140.Fry, 10.

Xinyi Xiangfayao adalah warisan Su yang paling dikenal, namun polimatik tersebut mengkompilasikan karya-karya yang lain. bIa menyelesaikan sebuah atlas kelestial besar dari beberapa peta bintang, beberapa peta terestrial, serta sebuah risalah tentang farmakologi. Karya tersebut mendiskusikan tentang subjek-subjek tentang mineralogi, zoologi, botani, dan metalurgi.

Pendatang Yesuit Eropa di China seperti Matteo Ricci dan Nicolas Trigault menulis tentang jam Tiongkok dengan penggerak rodaNeedham, Volume 4, 438.

 Kehidupan dan karya 
jmpl|kiri|220px|Sebuah model skala dari Menara Jam Astronomi karya Su Song

 Karya sebagai sarjana-perwira 
Su Song lahir di sebuah tempat yang saat ini merupakan bagian dari Fujian, dekat Quanzhou. Seperti seorang tokoh pada masanya, Shen Kuo (1031–1095), Su Song adalah seorang polimatik, seseorang yang membuat sejumlah pengetahuan yang berbeda secara signifikan. Hal tersebut ditulis oleh kolega juniornya dan sarjana Hanlin Ye Mengde (1077–1148)Liu, 593.

 Lihat pula 

 Zhang Heng, penemu lapisan amrilari bertenaga air abad kedua
 Menara jam
 Teknologi Dinasti Song
 Jam air
 Kartografer
 Penulis Tiongkok
 Mineralog

 Catatan 

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 Su Song's Clock 1088
 Su Song in the Encyclopedia Britannica 
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