This is the first complete English language version of Shen Kuos seminal Brush Talks From Dream Brook published outside of China. Highly valued by scholars for its scientific and technological coverage, this encyclopaedic book is probably the most important source text for technological advances and the organization of knowledge in Chinas golden age, the Song dynasty (960-1279). Author Shen Kuo is the most famous writer in Chinas scientific history. The significance of Brush Talks From Dream Brook been thoroughly researched ...
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This is the first complete English language version of Shen Kuos seminal Brush Talks From Dream Brook published outside of China. Highly valued by scholars for its scientific and technological coverage, this encyclopaedic book is probably the most important source text for technological advances and the organization of knowledge in Chinas golden age, the Song dynasty (960-1279). Author Shen Kuo is the most famous writer in Chinas scientific history. The significance of Brush Talks From Dream Brook been thoroughly researched by scholars such as Fu Daiwie but it has not yet gained the recognition it deserves in Western studies on the history of science and technology. Written between 1086 and 1093 in note style, it covers astronomy, mathematics, geography, physics, biology, medicine, military, literary, history, archaeology and music. Now translated into English and available outside of China for the very first time, its rightly recognised as a masterpiece in the history of Chinese scientific and technological development.
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