中国古代科技成就

PREFACE

RECORDS OF ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS

ASTROMETRY AND ASTROMETRIC INSTRUMENTS

CHINESE CALENDARS

MATHEMATICAL CLASSICS

THE DECIMAL PLACE-VALUE NUMERATION AND THE ROD AND BEAD ARITHMETICS

THE OUT-IN COMPLEMENTARY PRINCIPLE

METHOD FOR DETERMINING SEGMENT AREAS AND EVALUA- TION OF

THE CHINESE REMAINDER THEOREM

THE NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF HIGHER EQUATIDNS ANDTHE TIANYUAN METHOD

MECHANICS

ACOUSTICS

MAGNETISM AND THE COMPASS

OPTICS

THE INVENTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF PAPERMAKING

GUNPOWDER AND FIREARMS

PORCELAIN

LACQUER AND LACQUER TECHNIQUE

ALCHEMY IN ANCIENT CHINA

PHENOLOGICAL CALENDARS AND KNOWLEDGE OF PHE- NOLOGY

WATER CONSERVANCY PROJECTS AND KNOWLEDGE OFHYDROLOGY

MAPS 2,000 YEARS AGO AND ANCIENT CARTOGRAPHICAL RULES

ROCKS, MINERALOGY AND MINING

EARTHQUAKE FORECASTING,PRECAUTIONS AGAINST EARTHQUAKES AND ANTI-SEISMIC MEASURES

RESEARCHES IN HEREDITY AND BREEDING

SOME OUTSTANDING WORKS ON AGRICULTURE

SERICULTURE

HORTICULTURE

TEA

TWO CELEBRATED MEDICAL WORKS

ACUPUNCTURE AND MOXIBUSTION

ACHIEVEMENTS IN ANCIENT CHINESE PHARMACOLOGY

DIAGNOSIS BY PULSE FEELING IN CHINESE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE

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Catalogued according to different scientific fields， the book draws wisdom from authoritative experts in the institute of the History of Natural Sciences （IHNS） from the Chinese Academy of Sciences （CAS）， and comprehensively introduces ancient Chinas scientific and technological achieve- ments in such fields as astronomy， mathematics， physics， chemistry， geology， biology， agriculture， medicine， printing， spinning and weaving， metal-lurgy and foundry， machinery， architecture， ship-building and navigation， and military technology， etc. This book is Of high academic quality yet writ- ten in the simplest language possible， and thus is a very readable popular science collection.