Institute of the History of Natural Sciences

Comprehensively introduces ancient China's scientific and technological achievements in such fields as astronomy, mathematics, physics, chemistry, geology, biology, agriculture, medicine, printing, spinning and weaving, metallurgy and foundry, machinery, architecture,shipbuilding and navigation, and military technology, ect. This book is of high academic quality yet written in the simplest language possible, and thus is a very readable popular science collection.

This book was harder for me to rate. I do not know what exactly would make a book of this description a good book. This book focused on how China’s inventions have helped shape and change science throughout the years worldwide. It was printed in 1986 so I am sure that there are many more inventions that the Chinese have helped with science. This book would be hard to incorporate into the classroom. Maybe at older age levels they may understand the intentions behind the book.