Shorter Science and Civilisation in China
Subtitle: Volume 3
Edition: Abridged Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 25, 1986
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780521315609
Subjects: History of science; Science/Mathematics; History; Science; History - General History; Asia - China; Engineering - Civil; Engineering - Hydraulic; China; History / China; Nautical astronomy; Technology / General; Technology-Engineering - Civil; Technology-Engineering - Hydraulic
First sentence: With this volume we arrive at what was the greatest Chinese contribution to physics, the discovery of magnetism.