Shen Kua (1031-95)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4003. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Born in Ch'ien-t'ang, Chekiang province (now Zhejiang), China, turned to science after a less than completely successful career as a general. He described his work on mathematics, astronomy, cartography, optics and medicine. He developed ideas on the motion of the planets which included techniques to predict retrograde motion, and used the techniques to improve predictions of the Moon. This led h...

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