●PREFACE
●RECORDS OF ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS
●ASTROMETRY AND ASTROMETRIC INSTRUMENTS
●CHINESE CALENDARS
●MATHEMATICAL CLASSICS
●THE DECIMAL PLACE-VALUE NUMERATION AND THE ROD AND BEAD ARITHMETICS
●THE OUT-IN COMPLEMENTARY PRINCIPLE
●METHOD FOR DETERMINING SEGMENT AREAS AND EVALUA- TION OF
●THE CHINESE REMAINDER THEOREM
●THE NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF HIGHER EQUATIDNS ANDTHE TIANYUAN METHOD
●MECHANICS
●ACOUSTICS
●MAGNETISM AND THE COMPASS
●OPTICS
●THE INVENTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF PAPERMAKING
●GUNPOWDER AND FIREARMS
●PORCELAIN
●LACQUER AND LACQUER TECHNIQUE
●ALCHEMY IN ANCIENT CHINA
●PHENOLOGICAL CALENDARS AND KNOWLEDGE OF PHE- NOLOGY......
內容簡介
Catalogued according to different scientific fields, the book draws wisdom from authoritative experts in the institute of the History of Natural Sciences (IHNS) from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and comprehensively introduces ......
Between the 5th and 3rd century B.C. when the quarter-remainder calendar was in use, the winter solstice point was set at the entrance to the lunar mansion Qianniu or the region approaching Giedi（β Capricorni）.&......
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