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  Ancient Chinese Inventions (Introductions to Chinese Culture) (Paperback) By (author) Yinke Deng

  

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  Short Description for Ancient Chinese Inventions Ancient Chinese Inventions provides an illustrated introduction to the numerous scientific and technological inventions to which China can lay claim.
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  • Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • Published: 01 April 2011
  • Format: Paperback 162 pages
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  • Categories: Science: General Issues | History Of Engineering & Technology | Inventions & Inventors | Asian History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE
  • ISBN 13: 9780521186926 ISBN 10: 0521186927
  • Sales rank: 404,713

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• China has given birth to numerous scientific and technological inventions, and for many centuries led the world in such innovations. Indeed, some of the most important inventions in the history of human civilization originated in China - not least the compass, gunpowder, paper and printing. Ancient Chinese Inventions provides an accessible, illustrated introduction to the many inventions to which China can lay claim, from the aforementioned seminal discoveries to mining technology, the production of silk and ceramics, and brilliant advances in astronomy, mathematics and medicine.