History of Ancient Chinese Geoscience, Hardcover by Yang, Wenhang; Yang, Qiny...

by Yang, Wenhang; Yang, Qinye; Dong, Jiqing (TRN); Wilson, Christine

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History of Ancient Chinese Geoscience, Hardcover by Yang, Wenhang; Yang, Qinye; Dong, Jiqing (TRN); Wilson, Christine W. L. (TRN); Fei, Jie (CON), ISBN 9819744563, ISBN-13 9789819744565, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK This book studies the history of geoscience in ancient China. Building on a comprehensive review of the historical development of Chinese geoscience, the authors map out the trends and patterns in the development of geoscience, thereby filling a research gap in this field and laying the groundwork for a systematic study of the history of Chinese geoscience. The Chinese version of this book was selected as a key national book planning project under China’s 12th Five-Year Plan and was funded by the National Publication Foundation. It also won the 6th China Outstanding Publication Award. Encompassing historical accounts of both geography and geology, th explores the origin, development and prosperity of ancient Chinese geoscience. It introduces a wide range of topics covering a time span from the primitive societies to the Late Qing dynasty. In each time period, as well as discussion of the contexts, topics include the mainstream schools of thought, scientific discoveries and their significance, scholarly works, well-known experts, major research activities, research institutes, educational programmes, academic journals, scientific instruments, and knowledge exchange. Th also deals with the history of several neighbouring disciplines such as climatology, cartolo

• ISBN: 9789819744565
• Condition: Fine

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