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The High Tide of Science and Technology Development in China

History of Science and Technology in China Volume 3

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  • © 2021

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Editors:
  1. Xiaoyuan Jiang

    1. Science History and Science and Culture, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

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  • A comprehensive and chronological re-construction of the history of science and technology in China
  • Provides encyclopedic knowledge of various themes in the Chinese history of science and technology
  • Co-authored by leading experts in Chinese science and technology history studies

Part of the book series: History of Science and Technology in China (HSTC)

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Table of contents (12 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Exchange and Comparison in Astronomy Between China and Other Countries

    • Xiaoyuan Jiang
    Pages 1-28

  3. Rod Arithmetic Calculation and Abacuses: Calculation Tools in Traditional Chinese Math

    • Lisheng Feng
    Pages 29-52

  4. An Overview of Official and Private Agricultural Books Through Chinese History

    • Xiongsheng Zeng
    Pages 53-123

  5. Medical Schools and Theories

    • Yuqun Liao
    Pages 125-170

  6. Knowledge of Medicine and the Development of Materia Medica

    • Yuqun Liao
    Pages 171-210

  7. Selected Works of Natural History in Ancient China

    • Huajie Liu
    Pages 211-254

  8. Song Ci, the Xi Yuan Ji Lu, and the Judicial Examination System

    • Yuqun Liao
    Pages 255-275

  9. Physics Knowledge and Experiments in Ancient China

    • Shuyong Liu, Zengjian Guan
    Pages 277-359

  10. Astronomy and Diplomacy: Official Contacts in Astronomy Between China and Korea

    • Yunli Shi
    Pages 361-395

  11. Stacking Techniques and Higher-Degree Interpolation: Summation of Series and Interpolation in Ancient China

    • Zelin Xu
    Pages 397-412

  12. The Spread of Traditional Chinese Mathematics in the Sinosphere and Its Influence

    • Zelin Xu
    Pages 413-426

  13. Zhu Zaiyu and the Equal Temperament

    • Fei Xu
    Pages 427-483
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This volume highlights the major science and technology developments in the period from the 7th to 18th century under the influence of Chinese and Western communications and diplomacy, discussing topics such as the Chinese abacus, herbalism, natural history literature in ancient China and musical theory. This book is the third volume in the series History of Science and Technology in China.


History of Science and Technology in China is the first series with high academic values on general history of Chinese science and technology, with contributions by top-notch scholars in this field. This 5-volume work provides an encyclopedic historical panorama of Chinese scientific and technological development. It unfolds the history of Chinese science and technology through a clarified timeline from as early as the far ancient times to the very present. This work consists of five volumes:  Origins of Chinese Sciences, Ancient Chinese Studies of Heaven and Earth, High Tide of Chinese Sciences, Theoretical and Technological Development, and Western Influences.

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  • Science History and Science and Culture, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

    Xiaoyuan Jiang

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Xiaoyuan Jiang, Dean of the Institute of science history and science and culture, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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