……‘促进西方从黑暗时代走向现代世界的三项最重大发明，全都是在中国发明的’，李约瑟在他的代表作《中国科学技术史》（Science and Civilization in China）中极为精彩地指出了这一点。https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Needham#Science_and_Civ...
…three most important inventions facilitating the West's transformation from the Dark Ages to the modern world, were invented in China" Joseph Needham points this out magnificently in his magnum opus, "Science and Civilization in China". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Needham#Science_and_Civ...
Needham's Science and Civilization in China volumes are a fascinating resource. Particularly interesting, and somewhat inexplicable, is that China was poised on the verge of an industrial revolution during the Song dynasty, in the 12th century.…
我给它提了一个我困惑已久的问题：“李约瑟在《中国科学技术史》中用的是哪套恒星命名系统？书中标记为‘4339 Camelopardi’指的是哪颗星？”
Fable 给出的详尽回答直接把我惊呆了[0]，它展示了一连串的文献引用关系，从 J. E. Bode 1801年的星表 Allgemeine Beschreibung und Nachweisung der Gestir 顺藤摸瓜一路推演出来
I gave it a question I've been trying to answer for a long time: "What star designation system does Joseph Needham use in Science & Civilization in China? What star is referred to by the designation '4339 Camelopardi' in that book"?
Fable blew me away with its detailed answer[0] showing a chain of references going from J. E. Bode's 1801 catalogue Allgemeine Beschreibung und Nachweisung der Gestir
I recently went through Joseph Needham's Science and Civilization in China, and in the second volume he skimmed a bit too quickly through Xunzi. As a western analogy, my overall impression was of a Chinese Plato, broad and nuanced in many aspects. I think all his teachings…
…recall from a history podcast, Needham started his studies when he learned that grafting plants in China was done differently than he learned it in England. Oh, and "the scholar Tsien Tsuen-Hsien wrote in Science and Civilization in China in 1985" is the author of the book from the Needham series I linked to.
……‘促进西方从黑暗时代走向现代世界的三项最重大发明，全都是在中国发明的’，李约瑟在他的代表作《中国科学技术史》（Science and Civilization in China）中极为精彩地指出了这一点。https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Needham#Science_and_Civ...
…three most important inventions facilitating the West's transformation from the Dark Ages to the modern world, were invented in China" Joseph Needham points this out magnificently in his magnum opus, "Science and Civilization in China". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Needham#Science_and_Civ...
李约瑟的《中国科学技术史》各卷是极其精彩的宝贵资料。特别有意思且多少有点让人捉摸不透的是，早在12世纪的宋朝，中国其实就已经站在工业革命的门槛上了。……
Needham's Science and Civilization in China volumes are a fascinating resource. Particularly interesting, and somewhat inexplicable, is that China was poised on the verge of an industrial revolution during the Song dynasty, in the 12th century.…
我给它提了一个我困惑已久的问题：“李约瑟在《中国科学技术史》中用的是哪套恒星命名系统？书中标记为‘4339 Camelopardi’指的是哪颗星？” Fable 给出的详尽回答直接把我惊呆了[0]，它展示了一连串的文献引用关系，从 J. E. Bode 1801年的星表 Allgemeine Beschreibung und Nachweisung der Gestir 顺藤摸瓜一路推演出来
I gave it a question I've been trying to answer for a long time: "What star designation system does Joseph Needham use in Science & Civilization in China? What star is referred to by the designation '4339 Camelopardi' in that book"? Fable blew me away with its detailed answer[0] showing a chain of references going from J. E. Bode's 1801 catalogue Allgemeine Beschreibung und Nachweisung der Gestir
我最近把李约瑟的《中国科学技术史》翻了一遍，在第二卷里，他讲荀子讲得有点太走马观花了。如果用西方的人物来打个比方，我对荀子的整体印象就是一个中国版的柏拉图，在很多方面既广博又细致入微。我认为他的所有学说……
I recently went through Joseph Needham's Science and Civilization in China, and in the second volume he skimmed a bit too quickly through Xunzi. As a western analogy, my overall impression was of a Chinese Plato, broad and nuanced in many aspects. I think all his teachings…
……凭我的记忆，某个历史播客里提过，李约瑟是在得知中国的植物嫁接方法和他当年在英格兰学到的完全不一样之后，才开始展开这项研究的。噢，还有，‘学者钱存训于1985年在《中国科学技术史》中写道’——他就是我刚才贴链接的李约瑟系列中那本书的作者。
…recall from a history podcast, Needham started his studies when he learned that grafting plants in China was done differently than he learned it in England. Oh, and "the scholar Tsien Tsuen-Hsien wrote in Science and Civilization in China in 1985" is the author of the book from the Needham series I linked to.