夢溪筆談, Volume 07-10 by Kuo Shen
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"夢溪筆談, Volume 07-10" by Kuo Shen is an encyclopedic work published in 1088 during China's Song dynasty. Written during the author's forced retirement, this remarkable collection spans an extraordinary range of subjects—from mathematics and astronomy to medicine, metallurgy, and geology. Shen Kuo records groundbreaking observations about magnetic declination, documents innovations like movable type printing and the navigational compass, and explores natural phenomena including fossils and climate change. The work represents one scholar's
ambitious attempt to capture the breadth of knowledge in medieval China. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Shen, Kuo, 1031-1095 |
|---|---|
| Title | 夢溪筆談, Volume 07-10 |
| Alternate Title | Mengxi Bi Tan, Volume 07-10 [1031-1095 A.D.] |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Pool_Essays |
| Credits | Produced by Sally Yu |
| 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. | 7313 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 2005 |
| Last Update | Dec 30, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 480 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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