Saturday, August 21, 2010

INDIAN SCIENCE, CHINESE SCIENCE

INDIAN SCIENCE
>Indian civilization is about the oldest still alive and achieved a high level of technology at an early stage.

Something to do with the Field:
  • Agriculture- irrigation was developed in the Indus Valley Civilization by around 4500 B.C.
  • Indian Astrology- Indian Astonomical text named Vedanga Jyotisa dates back around 1200 B.C. Detailed several astronomical attributes generally applied for timing social and religious events: regards to marriage; to career and; elecion processe.
  • Zinc Metallurgy- refining metals
  • Mathematics- the use of negative numbers.

List iof Indian Inventions

  • Atomism- small invisible particle of matter.
  • Chandrasekhar limit and numbers
  • universe
  • indigo- was used as a dye
  • Firearms

CHINESE SCIENCE

>there has been more or less continous contact between Europe and China since classical greek times.

>silk road- an ancient trade routine linking China with Rome.

Important Persons

  • Marco Polo- whose account of his travels and experiences offered European a firsthand view of Asian lands and Stimulated interests in Asian trade.
  • Zu Chongzhi- mathematician who calculated "pi" to the 7th digit.
  • Liu Ju-hsieh- mathematician who discovered "Pascal's Triangle"
  • Tao Ch'ien- famous poet and philosopher who influenced the ideaof "elixir of life".

Four Great Inventions

  1. magnetic compass
  2. printing press
  3. gun powder
  4. paper making

Other Inventions

  1. Astronomy- a) first planetarium which was made by an emperor b) stellar explosion that took place in the "crab Nebula" in 1054
  2. Mathematics- a)asian abacus b)"pi" c) decimal system d) Pascal's Triangle
  3. Military-a) crossbows b) poison gases c) bamboo-made cannons d) rockets
  4. Medicine- a) Elixir of life b) acupuncture c) autopsy

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