Kao Gong Ji - The World's Oldest Encyclopaedia of Technologies

Kao Gong Ji: The World's Oldest Encyclopaedia of Technologies by Guan Zengjian and Konrad Herrmann offers an English translation of China's first technological encyclopaedia. Commentaries show the extent to which the descriptions of the technologies correspond to archaeological findings.

About the author

Guan Zengjian is a Professor of History of Science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He has published monographs, translations, and many articles on History of Science, especially on the history of Chinese science and metrology.

Konrad Herrmann worked as a metrologist and sinologist at the national metrology institute of Germany (PTB). He translated several works of classical and contemporary Chinese literature. Since his retirement, he has translated extensively in the field of history of Chinese science.

Product details

• Assisted by: Zengjian Guan (Editor), Konrad Herrmann (Editor), Zengjian Guan (Translation), Konrad Herrmann (Translation)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.12.2019
• EAN: 9789004416901
• ISBN: 978-90-04-41690-1
• No. of pages: 238
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 240 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Series: Technology and Change in Histo
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)