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Conference Paper: Zhang Heng and Ptolemy: Astronomy and Cartography in Early Imperial China and the Graeco-Roman World
| Title | Zhang Heng and Ptolemy: Astronomy and Cartography in Early Imperial China and the Graeco-Roman World |
|---|---|
| Authors | |
| Issue Date | 2018 |
| Publisher | The Joseph Needham Foundation for Science & Civilisation (Hong Kong) and Needham Research Institute. |
| Citation | The Joseph Needham Symposium on Early Cultural and Scientific Transmission across Eurasia with China, Hong Kong, 26-27 March 2018 How to Cite? |
| Abstract | Zhang Heng (78-139) and Ptolemy (c.100-178) are prominent figures of scientific creativity at
the beginning of the first millennium. They investigated the heavens and the earth and
designed scientific instruments to present their studies. Head of the Royal Observatory and
well accomplished in astronomy and seismic study, Zhang Heng of Han China prepared a
topographical map and invented a water-driven mechanical celestial globe. Claudius Ptolemy
of Roman Alexandria described the construction of an armillary sphere comprising graduated
rings in his influential work Almagest and made a map of the world known to the Hellenistic
period. This paper will demonstrate the different ways of scientific thinking in ancient China
and the Graeco-Roman world. |
| Description | Session 5: Astronomy I |
| Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/264403 |
| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Fung, KW | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-22T07:54:24Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-22T07:54:24Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | The Joseph Needham Symposium on Early Cultural and Scientific Transmission across Eurasia with China, Hong Kong, 26-27 March 2018 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/264403 | - |
| dc.description | Session 5: Astronomy I | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Zhang Heng (78-139) and Ptolemy (c.100-178) are prominent figures of scientific creativity at the beginning of the first millennium. They investigated the heavens and the earth and designed scientific instruments to present their studies. Head of the Royal Observatory and well accomplished in astronomy and seismic study, Zhang Heng of Han China prepared a topographical map and invented a water-driven mechanical celestial globe. Claudius Ptolemy of Roman Alexandria described the construction of an armillary sphere comprising graduated rings in his influential work Almagest and made a map of the world known to the Hellenistic period. This paper will demonstrate the different ways of scientific thinking in ancient China and the Graeco-Roman world. | - |
| dc.language | eng | - |
| dc.publisher | The Joseph Needham Foundation for Science & Civilisation (Hong Kong) and Needham Research Institute. | - |
| dc.relation.ispartof | The Joseph Needham Symposium on Early Cultural and Scientific Transmission across Eurasia with China | - |
| dc.title | Zhang Heng and Ptolemy: Astronomy and Cartography in Early Imperial China and the Graeco-Roman World | - |
| dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
| dc.identifier.email | Fung, KW: fungkw@hku.hk | - |
| dc.identifier.authority | Fung, KW=rp01146 | - |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 295141 | - |
| dc.publisher.place | Hong Kong | - |