Ancient Chinese inventions
By: Deng Yinke ; translated by Wang Pingxing
Contributors: Wang, Pingxing
Series: Cultural China series
Publisher: China Intercontinental Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: [Beijing]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9787508508375; 9780521186926
Subjects: Technology; Inventions
Other titles: Zhongguo gu dai fa ming
Work titles: Zhongguo gu dai fa ming
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. This book provides an 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.