A Brief History of Chinese Technology

Author: Wang Hongsheng
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: This book narrates the technological achievements of Chinese society from ancient times to the present in a fluent style, examines the social conditions that gave rise to major technological breakthroughs, and analyzes the historical impact of many technological advancements. Careful reading reveals that, in a certain sense, this book weaves together a vivid and intricate tapestry of Chinese civilization history, using science and technology as the warp, complex factors such as politics, economy, education, military, culture, philosophy, and Sino-foreign relations as the weft, historical coordinates as the sequence, and the author's narration and reflections as the thread.