Person: Kua, Shen

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Shen Kua was a Chinese scholar who wrote on a wide variety of topics including mathematics, music, astronomy, calendars, cartography, geology, optics and medicine.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 1031, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. Died 1095, Ching-k'ou, China.

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Ancient Chinese, Astronomy, Chinese, Origin China

Epochs: 1


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Github:
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References

Adapted from other CC BY-SA 4.0 Sources:

  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive