China: Notable Scientists, Mathematicians, and Inventors (and their Contributions, Works, Notable Biographical Information, etc.)

45 CE - 120 CE - Ban Zhao (All Facts)

• Chinese Polymath who was a mathematician and astronomer

• She was a model for the women of her time

1000s - Main Events (All Facts)

• By this time in China

  • illustrated botanical texts were published, which had both botanical and medical importance since the pharmacology of drugs obtained from plants was a highly advanced science in China

  • medical texts were written, such as one which included a qualifying exam for doctors and enlarged editions of medical pharmacopeias

1600s - Chongzhen Lishu (All Facts)

• Collection of scientific works jointly edited by Chinese scholars and Jesuit missionaries, which was published right before the founding of the Qing Dynasty

1587 - 1666 - Song Yingxing (All Facts)

• Chinese Scientist, Encyclopedist, and Civil Servant

  • He was from Feni-i district

1637 - Song Yingxing: The Exploitation of the Works of Nature / The Creation of Nature and Man / “Tiangong Kaiwu” (All Facts)

• Work in which the namesake author explains (the latest in Ming China) ideas in agricultural and industrial technique

• Work in which the namesake author describes the growing of grain, manufacture of clothes, use of dyes, salt, sugar and oils, metalworking techniques, and ceramics, paper, ink, yeasts, pearls, and gems

• Work in which the namesake author took advantage of the new climate of intellectual inquiry

• Work in which the namesake author echoes the realism of artists contemporary of his time, who were painting real animals as opposed to mythical creatures