Shanghai Science: 6000 Years

Author: Wang Qian Guo Zhong
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: Shanghai Science and Technology in 6,000 Years has changed the common phenomenon of "walking on one leg" in the writing of the history of science and technology. It extensively incorporates archaeological data and the latest archaeological findings, combined with a large amount of archival records, to provide a relatively comprehensive account of the historical development of science, technology, research institutions, and science and technology associations in the Shanghai region from ancient times to the eve of liberation. Shanghai Science and Technology in 6,000 Years focuses on the technologies related to Shanghai's history, geography, and people's survival, such as shipbuilding, textiles, salt production, and water conservancy, which laid the foundation for today's development of Shanghai. It also highlights the spatiotemporal shifts in Shanghai's technological development over 6,000 years, aligning with the eastward development of Shanghai today. In the ancient budding period, the technological activities of Shanghai's ancestors were concentrated in the western areas west of the Ganshen. During the ancient traditional period, the center of technological activities of Shanghai residents gradually shifted from the west to the central areas, completing this historical shift by the turn of modernity and the institutionalization of science. Today, with the large-scale development of the Pudong area, the introduction of a large number of modern high-tech talents, and the establishment of science and technology development zones, a new shift in the history of Shanghai's science and technology has been ushered in.