Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures

Springer

2014

9789400777484

From the contents: Abacus --Agriculture in Indonesia --Barrow in China --Boats of the Precolonial Philippines: Butuan Boats --Calendars and Timekeeping Around the World --Divination: Science, Technology, and the Mantic Arts in Traditional China --Environment and Nature: The Natural Environment in Native American Thought --Food and the Maori --Hydraulic Engineering in Ancient Peru and Bolivia --Knowledge Systems: Indigenous Knowledge of Trees and Forests --Land, Labor, Water, and Technology in Pre-Columbian South America --Mausoleums of the Islamic World --Probability in Non-Western Cultures --Quinoa. A Millenary Grain in Northern Argentina --Ship- and Boatbuilding in Ancient Egypt --Technology: Inland Technology in China: Boat Building, Steerage and Propulsion --Water Management and Reservoirs in India and Sri Lanka --Zinc Production in China.

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