夢溪筆談, Volume 01-26 by Kuo Shen
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"夢溪筆談, Volume 01-26" by Kuo Shen is an encyclopedic work published in 1088 during China's Song dynasty. Written by the polymath and statesman Shen Kuo during forced retirement, this extensive collection explores diverse fields including astronomy, mathematics, medicine, geology, and engineering. The work documents groundbreaking observations such as magnetic declination, the first recorded use of a navigation compass, movable type printing, and theories on fossils and climate change. It captures the mind
of a curious scholar examining everything from technological innovations to mysterious phenomena across the natural world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Shen, Kuo, 1031-1095 |
|---|---|
| Title | 夢溪筆談, Volume 01-26 |
| Alternate Title | Meng Xi Bi Tan, Volume 01-26 [1031-1095 A.D.] |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Pool_Essays |
| Credits | Produced by Sally Yu from the "Wenyuange Sikuquanshu" |
| Language | Chinese |
| LoC Class | PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania |
| Subject | China -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279 -- Anecdotes |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 7317 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 2005 |
| Last Update | Mar 22, 2014 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1101 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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