夢溪筆談, Volume 01-26
Shen, Kuo, 1031-1095
夢溪筆談, Volume 01-26 Meng Xi Bi Tan, Volume 01-26 [1031-1095 A.D.] - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Pool_Essays Release date is 2005-01-01
Produced by Sally Yu from the "Wenyuange Sikuquanshu" Produced by Sally Yu from the "Wenyuange Sikuquanshu"
"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.)
China -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279 -- Anecdotes
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夢溪筆談, Volume 01-26 Meng Xi Bi Tan, Volume 01-26 [1031-1095 A.D.] - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Pool_Essays Release date is 2005-01-01
Produced by Sally Yu from the "Wenyuange Sikuquanshu" Produced by Sally Yu from the "Wenyuange Sikuquanshu"
"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.)
China -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279 -- Anecdotes
PL