Shen Kuo born in Hangzhou
1049
The Song polymath who would describe the magnetic compass, notice that fossilized bamboo in the north meant climates had changed, describe movable-type printing, and write on music and astronomy was born in Hangzhou. His Brush Talks from Dream Brook is one of the great scientific miscellanies. His observations on geological processes, including erosion and sedimentation, anticipated modern earth science by several centuries.
In context
Also in 1049 (3 other events on record)
- Leo IX elected pope · Europe · Religion
- Almoravid movement gains momentum in the western Sahara · Africa · War
- Song court establishes printing bureaus in provinces · East Asia · Technology
Before and after in East Asia
Before and after in Science
Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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