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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.

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 22/02/2015
      ISBN13: 9780226272801, 978-0226272801
      ISBN10: 022627280X
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      Asian history History of engineering and technology

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      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      "The Crafting of the 10,000 Things is a great achievement, which will repay careful reading on the part of historians of Western Europe and other parts of the world, as well as of China." (Metascience)

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