A History of Chinese Science and Technology  (Voulumes 1, 2 & 3) presents 44 individual lectures, beginning with  Ancient Chinese Science and Technology in the Process of Human   Civilizations  and  An   Overview of Ancient Chinese Science and Technology , and continuing with in-depth discussions of several issues in the history of science and the Needham Puzzle, interspersed with topics on Astronomy, Arithmetic, Agriculture, and Medicine, The Four Great Inventions, and various...
Topics: Science, Technology, History of China

Fundación Juanelo Turriano, was founded by civil engineer José Antonio García-Diego in 1987. The foundation's name is a tribute to a brilliant scientist from Cremona who came to Spain to enter the service of King Charles V. Giovanni Torriani (circa 1500-1585), known in Spain as Juanelo Turriano, was a master clockmaker and device builder. He nonetheless owes his fame to a large-scale mechanical and hydraulic artifice, the so-called "Artifice of Toledo", designed to supply the...
Topics: History of Engineering, history of engineering, History of Science, history of science, History of...

Ann Mozley Moyal, Scientists in Nineteenth Century Australia - a Documentary History (Melbourne: Cassel Australia, 1976). Resenha de Simon Schwartzman, publicada na Revista de História, S. Paulo, 54, 108, 1976. O desenvolvimento da ciência na Austrália, tanto quanto, possivelmente, o desenvolvimento da ciência dos Estados Unidos, parece terem sido casos de um transplante que acompanha, ainda que com algum atraso, o próprio translado de contingentes populacionais da Inglaterra para outros...
Topics: History of Science, Australia

Discovering Water James Watt, Henry Cavendish and the Nineteenth-Century 'Water Controversy' By David Philip Miller Copyright Year 2004 ISBN 9781138258457 Published March 6, 2017 by Routledge 330 Pages
Topic: History of Science

A window into a world of extraordinary beauty and mystery,  China: A Celebration in Art and Literature  reveals the glorious 5,000-year-old history of this ancient and fascination culture. In 240 pages and more than 100 full-color images, this volume traces China through its tales and stories, plays and poetry, paintings and objects--from ancient divinations incised on bovine scapula to modern "people's literature" spawned from revolution; from Tang dynasty silk scrolls depicting...
Topics: English Books, History, China, History of China, Chinese History, Chinese Art, Chinese Literature,...

Encyclopedia Of China 
Topics: China, Chinese History, History of China

Despite China’s rise to the status of global power, many Chinese youths are anxious about their personal future, in large measure because the rapid changes have left them feeling adrift.   This book, available in open access, provides a manifesto of intellectual activism that counsels China’s young people to think by themselves and for themselves. Consisting of three conversations between Xiang Biao, a social anthropologist, and Wu Qi, a rising journalist, the book probes how China has...
Topics: China, Political Education, History of China, Globalization, Development, Political, Chinese...

China At War - An Encyclopedia
Topics: China, History of China, Chinese History, War in China, War History, History of War

Emperor Yao (simplified Chinese: 尧 ; traditional Chinese: 堯 ; pinyin: Yáo; traditionally c. 2356 – 2255 BC was a legendary Chinese ruler, according to various sources, one of the Three Sovereigns and the Five Emperors. Mao Zedong (Listeni/ˈmaʊ zəˈdʊŋ, dzə-/), also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976), was a Chinese communist revolutionary and founding father of the People's Republic of China. The People's...
Topics: China, The People's Republic of China, PRC, Mao Zedong, Yao Emperor, History of China, 尧,...