Crafting of the 10,000 things – knowledge and technology in seventeenth–century china, the
Auteur :
Schäfer, Dagmar
Éditeur :
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN :
9780226272801
Date de publication :
22 févr. 2015
Dimensions :
22,7 x 16,5 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
532 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The last decades of the Ming dynasty saw a significant increase in publications that examined advances in knowledge and technology. Among the numerous guides and reference books that appeared during this period was a series of texts by Song Yingxing. The author probes this text to focus on the development of scientific thinking in China.