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1 online resource (xv, 624 pages) : illustrations |
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Foreword; Prelude; Contents; About Tan Sri Frank Tsao; Abstract; Architecture Technology ; 1 Lecture 1 Overview of Architectural Development in℗ Ancient China; 1.1 Overview of the Development of Ancient Chinese Architecture; 1.2 The Basic Features of Ancient Chinese Architecture; 1.3 China's Ancient Architecture, Planning, and Design Methods; 1.3.1 The Design of Single Buildings; 1.3.2 Arrangement of Large Construction Groups; 1.3.3 Urban Planning; 1.4 Social Conditions for the Development of Ancient Chinese Architecture; 2 Lecture 2 Capital Palaces in Ancient China |
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2.1 The Capital City and Imperial Palace of Zhou Dynasty2.2 The Capital Cities and Imperial Palaces of the Warring States Period; 2.2.1 Linzi, the Capital City of Qi; 2.2.2 Yan Xiadu (Secondary Capital of Yan) and Wuyang Terrace; 2.2.3 Handan City and Longtai (Dragon Terrace) of Zhao Dynasty; 2.3 The Capital City and Imperial Palace of the Qin Dynasty; 2.3.1 Xianyang, the Capital of Qin Dynasty; 2.3.2 Epang Palace of Qin Dynasty; 2.3.3 Palace on the Northern Bank of Weishui River in Xianyang; 2.4 Chang'an City and Weiyang Palace in the Western Dynasty; 2.4.1 Chang'an City |
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2.4.2 Weiyang Palace2.5 Capital Cities and Imperial Palaces of the Wei, Jin, Southern, and Northern Dynasties; 2.5.1 City of Ye in Cao's Wei Dynasty; 2.5.2 The Imperial Palace in the City of Ye in Cao's Wei Dynasty; 2.6 Imperial City and Imperial Palace of the Sui and Tang Dynasties; 2.6.1 Daxing-Chang'an City and Imperial Palaces in the Sui and Tang Dynasties; 2.6.2 Dongjing-Luoyang and Imperial Palace in the Sui and Tang Dynasties; 2.7 Capital City and Imperial Palace of the Northern Song Dynasty; 2.7.1 Bianliang, the Capital City of the Northern Song Dynasty |
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2.7.2 Imperial Palace in Bianliang in the Northern Song Dynasty2.8 The Capital City and Imperial Palace of the Yuan Dynasty; 2.8.1 Dadu of the Yuan Dynasty; 2.8.2 Imperial Residence in Dadu in the Yuan Dynasty; 2.9 The City of Beijing and Imperial Palaces in the Ming and Qing Dynasties; 2.9.1 The City of Beijing in the Ming Dynasty; 2.9.2 Palaces in the Forbidden City in Beijing; 2.9.3 Palaces in Beijing in the Qing Dynasty; 3 Lecture 3 Defensive Structure in Ancient China-the Great Wall; 3.1 The Great Wall of the Qin and Han Dynasties; 3.1.1 The Eastern Section of the Great Wall |
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3.1.2 The Middle Section of the Great Wall3.1.3 The Western Section of the Great Wall; 3.2 Wall Built in the Northern Wei Dynasty; 3.3 The Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty; 3.3.1 The Great Wall at Badaling in Beijing; 3.3.2 The Great Wall at Jinshanling in Luanping County, Hebei Province; 3.3.3 Watch Towers on Xiaoshikou Great Wall in Yingxian County, Shanxi Province; 3.3.4 Smoke Pier in Pianguan, Shanxi; 4 Lecture 4 Ceremonial Buildings in Ancient China; 4.1 Biyong, the Imperial College, of the Western Han Dynasty; 4.2 Zhongyue Temple of the Northern Song Dynasty |
| Summary |
A History of Chinese Science and Technology (Voulumes 1, 2 & 3) presents 44 individual lectures, beginning with Ancient Chinese Science and Technology in the Process of Human Civilizations and An Overview of Ancient Chinese Science and Technology, and continuing with in-depth discussions of several issues in the history of science and the Needham Puzzle, interspersed with topics on Astronomy, Arithmetic, Agriculture, and Medicine, The Four Great Inventions, and various technological areas closely related to clothing, food, shelter, and transportation. This book is the most authoritative work |
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"Translated by Chuijun Qian, Hui He." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 5, 2014) |
| Subject |
Science -- China -- History
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Technology -- China -- Philosophy
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SCIENCE -- History.
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Science
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Technology -- Philosophy
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China
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Lu, Yongxiang, 1942- editor.
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Qian, Chuijun, translator
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He, Hui, translator
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| ISBN |
9783662441633 |
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3662441632 |
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3662441624 |
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9783662441626 |
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