Read the bio below and try to give details on shen kuo 's: - residence - death place - known for - caption - death date - field - work institution - birth date - name - image size - image - birth place - religion Bio: shen kuo or shen gua -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 1031 -- 1095 -rrb- , courtesy name cunzhong -lrb- -rrb- and pseudonym mengqi -lrb- now usually given as mengxi -rrb- weng -lrb- -rrb- , was a han chinese polymathic scientist and statesman of the song dynasty -lrb- 960 -- 1279 -rrb- . excelling in many fields of study and statecraft , he was a mathematician , astronomer , meteorologist , geologist , zoologist , botanist , pharmacologist , agronomist , archaeologist , ethnographer , cartographer , encyclopedist , general , diplomat , hydraulic engineer , inventor , academy chancellor , finance minister , governmental state inspector , poet , and musician . he was the head official for the bureau of astronomy in the song court , as well as an assistant minister of imperial hospitality . at court his political allegiance was to the reformist faction known as the new policies group , headed by chancellor wang anshi -lrb- 1021 -- 1086 -rrb- . in his '' dream pool essays '' -lrb- ; '' mengxi bitan '' -rrb- of 1088 , shen was the first to describe the magnetic needle compass , which would be used for navigation -lrb- first described in europe by alexander neckam in 1187 -rrb- . shen discovered the concept of true north in terms of magnetic declination towards the north pole , with experimentation of suspended magnetic needles and '' the improved meridian determined by shen 's measurement of the distance between the polestar and true north '' . this was the decisive step in human history to make compasses more useful for navigation , and may have been a concept unknown in europe for another four hundred years -lrb- evidence of german sundials made circa 1450 show markings similar to chinese geomancer compasses in regard to declination -rrb- . alongside his colleague wei pu , shen planned to map the orbital paths of the moon and the planets in an intensive five-year project involving daily observations , yet this was thwarted by political opponents at court . to aid his work in astronomy , shen kuo made improved designs of...
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- residence is hangzhou , xiamen , kaifeng , zhenjiang- death place is runzhou- known for is geomorphology north , retrogradation , camera obscura , raised-relief map , , fixing the position of the pole star , correcting lunar climate and solar errors change , atmospheric refraction , true- caption is modern artist 's impression of shen kuo- death date is 1095- field is geology , magnetics , optics , hydraulics , metaphysics , meteorology , , climatology , geography , cartography , botany , zoology astronomy , architecture , agriculture , economics , military strategy , , ethnography , music , divination archaeology , mathematics , pharmacology- work institution is hanlin academy- birth date is 1031- name is shen kuo zh - image size is 280px- image is shen kua.jpg- birth place is qiantang- religion is daoism , buddhism , chinese folk religion