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Conference Paper: Investigating the Heavens and the Earth in Ancient China and the Graeco-Roman World: Zhang Heng and Ptolemy
| Title | Investigating the Heavens and the Earth in Ancient China and the Graeco-Roman World: Zhang Heng and Ptolemy |
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| Authors | |
| Keywords | Zhang Heng Ptolemy Astronomical instruments Ancient geography Scientific thoughts |
| Issue Date | 2017 |
| Publisher | The Brazilian Society for the History of Science (Sociedade Brasileira de História da Ciência – SBHC. |
| Citation | The 25th International Congress of History of Science and Technology (ICHST), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 23-29 July 2017. In Book of Abstracts, p. 474 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Zhang Heng (78-139) and Ptolemy (c.100-178) are prominent figures of scientific creativity at the beginning of the first millennium. They investigated the heavens and the earth and designed scientific instruments to present their studies. Head of the Royal Observatory and well accomplished in astronomy and seismic study, Zhang Heng of Han China prepared a topographical map and invented a water-driven mechanical celestial globe. Claudius Ptolemy of Roman Alexandria described the construction of an armillary sphere comprising graduated rings in his influential work Almagest and made a map of the world known to the Hellenistic period. This paper will demonstrate the different ways of scientific thinking in ancient China and the Graeco-Roman world. |
| Description | Jointly organized by The Brazilian Society for the History of Science (Sociedade Brasileira de História da Ciência – SBHC), The Division of History of Science and Technology (DHST) of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IUHPST) and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro 088. Comparative Studies of Ancient Chinese and Greek Astronomy |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/264389 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
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| dc.contributor.author | Fung, KW | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-22T07:54:07Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-22T07:54:07Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | The 25th International Congress of History of Science and Technology (ICHST), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 23-29 July 2017. In Book of Abstracts, p. 474 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/264389 | - |
| dc.description | Jointly organized by The Brazilian Society for the History of Science (Sociedade Brasileira de História da Ciência – SBHC), The Division of History of Science and Technology (DHST) of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IUHPST) and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | - |
| dc.description | 088. Comparative Studies of Ancient Chinese and Greek Astronomy | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Zhang Heng (78-139) and Ptolemy (c.100-178) are prominent figures of scientific creativity at the beginning of the first millennium. They investigated the heavens and the earth and designed scientific instruments to present their studies. Head of the Royal Observatory and well accomplished in astronomy and seismic study, Zhang Heng of Han China prepared a topographical map and invented a water-driven mechanical celestial globe. Claudius Ptolemy of Roman Alexandria described the construction of an armillary sphere comprising graduated rings in his influential work Almagest and made a map of the world known to the Hellenistic period. This paper will demonstrate the different ways of scientific thinking in ancient China and the Graeco-Roman world. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | The Brazilian Society for the History of Science (Sociedade Brasileira de História da Ciência – SBHC. | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | International Congress of History of Science and Technology (ICHST) 2017 | - |
| dc.subject | Zhang Heng | - |
| dc.subject | Ptolemy | - |
| dc.subject | Astronomical instruments | - |
| dc.subject | Ancient geography | - |
| dc.subject | Scientific thoughts | - |
| dc.title | Investigating the Heavens and the Earth in Ancient China and the Graeco-Roman World: Zhang Heng and Ptolemy | - |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Fung, KW: fungkw@hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.authority | Fung, KW=rp01146 | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 295086 | - |
| dc.identifier.spage | 474 | - |
| dc.identifier.epage | 474 | - |
| dc.publisher.place | Brazil | - |