Sherri S. (mutts4me) reviewed Oracle Bones, Stars, and Wheelbarrows: Ancient Chinese Science and Technology on + 93 more book reviews
Ross describes early Chinese achievements in astronomy, medicine, mathematics, and technology and shows how these ancient scientists anticipated by hundreds, even thousands, of years the discoveries of their counterparts in the West.
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This book on the inventions of ancient China offers a dazzling parade of such unexpected items as the compass, stirrup, clock, and seismograph, all of which appeared hundreds of years earlier than their counterparts in the West.
This book on the inventions of ancient China offers a dazzling parade of such unexpected items as the compass, stirrup, clock, and seismograph, all of which appeared hundreds of years earlier than their counterparts in the West.
