The Genius Of China - 3000 Yea
Beginning of paper
The World is forever in debt to China for its innovations. Ancient China was
extreme advance and many of its discoveries are still in use today. This is what Robert
Temple, the author of The Genius of China 3000 years of science, discovery and
invention. The book is based on 11 main parts of C ....
Middle of paper
.... Within this chapter, the
development of iron and steel is the greatest achievement. The development of iron and
steel led to other advances. By at least the 4th century the Chinese have developed blast
furnaces to obtain cast iron from iron ore. This was 1200 years before the first blast
furnace showed up in Europe. The reasons that the author gave to explain the reasons
why the Chinese developed this technology are simple. The Chinese had access to large
amounts of clay, ....
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