brilliant achievements of science and technology in ancient china
　land of inventions and discoveries
　joseph needham and the history of science and technology in china
the four maior inventions
　are the four major inventions the most important?
　compass
　gunpowder
　paper
　printing
other maior inventions (i)
　iron and steel smelting and ironware
　copper smelting and bronze ware
　extraction and application of petroleum
　discovery and mining of coal
　pottery and porcelain
　wine and liquor
　sericulture
　tea and tea culture
other major inventions (ii)
　star catalogue and star atlas
.　observation of solar and lunar eclipses
　surveying of the meridian
　zhang heng and his seismograph
　guo shouiing and his shoushi calendar
　the decimal and binary systems
　zu chongzhi and pi
　equal temperament
other major inventions (iii)
　traditional chinese medicine
　acupuncture
　anesthetic
　variolation
　the great wall
　grand canal of china
　dujiangyan irrigation system
miscellaneous smart inventions
　kite
　abacus
　weiqi
　hot-air balloon
　parachute
　archery
　match
　chinese kung fu
　football
　golf
classical works of science
　kao gong ji
　huangdi nei jing
　shanghan zabing lun
　qi min yao shu
　mengxi bitan
　yingzao fashi
　wang zhen nong shu
　bencao gangmu
　tiangong kaiwu
　nong zheng quanshu
appendix: chinese dynasties