The Crafting of the 10,000 Things: Knowledge and Technology in Seventeenth-Century China - Dagmar Schafer - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226735849 - May 15, 2011
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Dagmar Schafer
The Crafting of the 10,000 Things: Knowledge and Technology in Seventeenth-Century China

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The last decades of the Ming dynasty, though plagued by chaos and destruction, saw major advances in knowledge and technology. This title sheds light on the development of scientific thinking in China, the purpose of technical writing, and its role in and effects on Chinese history.

368 pages, 24 halftones, 1 line drawing

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released May 15, 2011
ISBN13 9780226735849
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 352
Dimensions 236 × 161 × 29 mm   ·   676 g
Language English  

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