The common question from the western point of view is of the sort; why did China lose its early leadership of productive technologies to Europe during the early

The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them, form the concern of this annual collection of essays.

The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. V

The annual collections in the History of Technology series look at the history of technological discovery and change, exploring the relationship of technology t

The technical problems confronting different societies in different periods and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of e