Ancient Science

25 books

Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology cover
Rating 4.1
Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology 阿德里安娜·梅厄 Jiuzhou Press · 2024 There are many books about artificial intelligence, most starting from Turing or from Silicon Valley; this one traces all the way back to Bronze Age C…
Lüshi Chunqiu: Annotated Translation (Revised Edition) cover
Lüshi Chunqiu: Annotated Translation (Revised Edition) 张双棣 / 张万彬 / Chen Tao / 殷国光 / Lü Buwei Peking University Press · 2011 Also known as Lü Lan, the Lüshi Chunqiu is an important classic compiled collectively by the retainers and scholars gathered by Lü Buwei, chancellor o…
Einiges aus der Geschichte der Astronomie im Alterthum cover
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Einiges aus der Geschichte der Astronomie im Alterthum Blass, Friedrich, 1843-1907 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Treatise on Colours cover
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Treatise on Colours Sampaio, Diogo de Carvalho e, 1750-1807 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
On the Geometry of the Ancient Egyptians. cover
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On the Geometry of the Ancient Egyptians. Weyr, Emil, 1848-1894 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Ancient and Modern Physics cover
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Ancient and Modern Physics Willson, Thomas E., -1901 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
The Medicine Sage: Tasting All Herbs, Finally Becoming the Medicine Sage cover
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The Medicine Sage: Tasting All Herbs, Finally Becoming the Medicine Sage 黄小进 / 陈俊志 / 唐远清 贵州日报 · 2026 Today, traditional Chinese medicine culture is showing unprecedented vitality and vigor, like a gorgeous flower blooming in the garden of Chinese cult…
Discoveries in Astronomy cover
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Discoveries in Astronomy Xiao Dongfa Modern Press · 2025 This book covers the development of ancient astronomy, the intellectual achievements of ancient astronomy, and precious records of ancient celestial p…
Mozi cover
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Mozi Liu Yuejin / 陈金海 Liaohai Publishing House · 2025 The Mozi is the representative work of the Mohist school, mainly recording Mozi's thought and the words and deeds of Mozi and his disciples. Its core …
Treatise on Conic Sections cover
Rating 4.9
Treatise on Conic Sections 阿波罗尼奥斯 Peking University Press · 2025 This book sets out the definition of conic surfaces and the methods and constructions by which conic sections are generated from them, and investigate…
Liu Xisou: An Astronomer of the Song Dynasty cover
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Liu Xisou: An Astronomer of the Song Dynasty 马甫平 Xinhua Publishing House · 2024 Liu Xisou, courtesy name Zhonggeng, was a native of Jincheng in Zezhou (present-day Jincheng, Shanxi) during the Northern Song dynasty. He was an astr…
Discourse on Heaven cover
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Discourse on Heaven Wang Chong Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive and literary. Early forms of thought have distinctive features, and s…
On Qi cover
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On Qi Song Yingxing · 2024 Between heaven and earth there is either form or qi; if not qi, then form. What stands between form and qi is water and fire. Qi transforms into form,…
Brief Records from Recent Peak cover
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Brief Records from Recent Peak 皇甫录 · 2024 The North Pole is directly above, the South Pole directly below; therefore the movements of the sun, moon, and stars are so day after day, hour after …
Brush Talks from Dream Brook cover
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Brush Talks from Dream Brook Shen Kuo / 金良年 Zhonghua Book Company · 2021 Dream Pool Essays consists of twenty-six juan, with three juan of Supplementary Essays and 11 additional entries in Further Essays, totaling 609 entri…
The Mohist Canons cover
Rating 4.4
The Mohist Canons 墨翟 · 2025 The Mohist Canon, also known as the Mohist Dialectics, is a core chapter of the Mozi, composed of the 'Canon,' 'Explanation of the Canon,' 'Greater Se…
The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon (Volume 2) cover
Rating 4.7
The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon (Volume 2) 黄勇 Liaohai Publishing House · 2025 The completion of the Huangdi Neijing marked the first comprehensive synthesis of ancient Chinese medicine and stands as the sole surviving work that …
The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon (Volume 1) cover
Rating 4.7
The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon (Volume 1) 黄勇 Liaohai Publishing House · 2025 The compilation of the Huangdi Neijing represents the first systematic summation of ancient Chinese medicine and is the only surviving work that bring…
The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon (Volume 3) cover
Rating 4.7
The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon (Volume 3) 黄勇 Liaohai Publishing House · 2025 The compilation of the Huangdi Neijing represents the first systematic synthesis of ancient Chinese medicine and is the sole surviving work to integra…
The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon (Volume 4) cover
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The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon (Volume 4) 黄勇 Liaohai Publishing House · 2025 The compilation of the Huangdi Neijing marked the first grand synthesis of ancient Chinese medicine and is the only surviving comprehensive work that …