Development of Mechanical
Knowledge in China
A joint research project conducted by the Partner Group
of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
at the Institute for the History of Natural Sciences
of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Collaborating Institutions
Institute for the History of Natural Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
Partner Group of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science at the Institute for the History of Natural Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
Advisory Board
Prof. William G. Boltz (University of Washington, U.S.A.)
Prof. Fung Kam-Wing (University of Hong Kong, China)
Prof. Liu Dun (Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, China)
Prof. Jürgen Renn (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany)
Prof. Hans Ulrich Vogel (University of Tübingen, Germany)
Head of the Partner Group
Prof. Zhang Baichun
Members of the Partner Group
Ass. Prof. Tian Miao, Ass. Prof. Zou Dahai, Chen Yue (Master Student), Liu Yu (Ph. D. Student)
Xiao Yunhong (Ph. D. Student), Yi Degang (Ph. D. Student), Yin Xiaodong (Ph. D. Student)
Documents
Program of the Partner Group
Events
Inauguration Ceremony and Workshop: fotos, talk by Liu Dun, talk by Jürgen Renn
Publications and Research Reports
William G. Boltz, Jürgen Renn, Matthias Schemmel Mechanics in the Mohist Canon and Its European Counterpart: Texts and Contexts (PDF)
Matthias Schemmel The Sections on Mechanics in the Mohist Canon (PDF)
Jürgen Renn und Matthias Schemmel Waagen und Wissen in China. Bericht einer Forschungsreise (PDF)
Sources (preliminary URLs)
Yuanxi Qiqi Tushuo Luzui
China monumentis
Tiangong Kaiwu
Press Reports
Article in "Dushu," September 7, 2001
Links
Institute of Chinese and Korean Studies at the Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen
Dept. of Asian Languages and Literature at the University of Washington
zhongwen.com
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