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Book Review of Oracle Bones, Stars, and Wheelbarrows: Ancient Chinese Science and Technology

Oracle Bones, Stars, and Wheelbarrows: Ancient Chinese Science and Technology
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From the back:
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.