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00:01:23 1 Mo Di and the School of Names
00:04:44 2 Han Dynasty
00:06:50 3 "Four Great Inventions"
00:09:48 4 China's scientific revolution
00:11:39 4.1 Song Dynasty
00:14:34 4.1.1 Archaeology
00:16:17 4.1.2 Geology and climatology
00:17:18 4.2 Mongol transmission
00:19:04 4.3 Theory and hypothesis
00:22:23 4.4 Pharmacology
00:23:47 4.5 Horology and clockworks
00:25:46 4.6 Magnetism and metallurgy
00:27:34 4.7 Mathematics
00:28:29 4.8 Alchemy and Taoism
00:29:58 4.9 Gunpowder warfare
00:31:03 5 Jesuit activity in China
00:33:49 6 Scientific and technological stagnation
00:38:29 7 The Republic of China (1912–49)
00:39:29 8 People's Republic of China
00:41:52 9 See also



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Ancient Chinese scientists and engineers made significant scientific innovations, findings and technological advances across various scientific disciplines including the natural sciences, engineering, medicine, military technology, mathematics, geology and astronomy.
Among the earliest inventions were the abacus, the "shadow clock," and the first items such as Kongming lanterns. The Four Great Inventions,the compass, gunpowder, papermaking, and printing – were among the most important technological advances, only known to Europe by the end of the Middle Ages 1000 years later. The Tang Dynasty (AD 618–906) in particular was a time of great innovation. A good deal of exchange occurred between Western and Chinese discoveries up to the Qing Dynasty.
The Jesuit China missions of the 16th and 17th centuries introduced Western science and astronomy, then undergoing its own revolution, to China, and knowledge of Chinese technology was brought to Europe. In the 19th and 20th centuries the introduction of Western technology was a major factor in the modernization of China. Much of the early Western work in the history of science in China was done by Joseph Needham.