Ancient Chinese scientists and engineers made significant scientific innovations, findings and technological advances across various scientific disciplines including the natural sciences, engineering,
Instructions for making astronomical instruments from the time of the Qing dynasty.
Remains of a Chinese crossbow, 2nd century BC
The intricate frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra from Tang dynasty China, 868 AD (British Library)
A 1726 illustration of Haidao Suanjing, written by Liu Hui in the 3rd century
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The history of science covers the development of science from ancient times to the present. It encompasses all three major branches of science: natural, social, and formal. Protoscience, early science
Megaliths from Nabta Playa, constructed by Neolithic populations to coordinate astronomical observations located in Aswan, Upper Egypt.
The Ebers Papyrus (c. 1550 BCE) from Ancient Egypt
Clay models of animal livers dating between the nineteenth and eighteenth centuries BCE, found in the royal palace at Mari in what is now Syria
Star list with distance information, Uruk (Iraq), 320-150 BCE, the list gives each constellation, the number of stars and the distance information to the next constellation in ells