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"Describes the life of Shen Gua, a distinguished renaissance man in China whose writing included remarkable "scientific" discoveries. Reveals the connection between Shen's life as an active statesman and his empirical inquiries, and provides insights into the dynamics between science and politics in the age of Neo-Confucianism"--Provided by publisher.

Empiricism. --- Intellectual life. --- Naturwissenschaftler. --- Neo-Confucianism --- Neo-Confucianism. --- Science --- Scientists --- Scientists. --- Statesmen --- Statesmen. --- History --- Political aspects --- Political aspects. --- Shen, Kuo, --- 960-1644. --- China --- China. --- Intellectual life --- Empiricism --- Confucianism --- Philosophy, Chinese --- Experience --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Rationalism --- Natural science --- Natural sciences --- Science of science --- Sciences --- Shen, Gua, --- Shen, Kua, --- 沈括, --- Shen, Cunzhong, --- Shen, Tsʻun-chung, --- 沈存中, --- Mengxi Weng, --- Mengqi Weng, --- 夢溪翁, --- S02/0210 --- S05/0212 --- S12/0217 --- China: General works--Intellectuals: general and before 1840 --- China: Biographies and memoirs--Song and Yuan --- China: Philosophy and Classics--Epistemology --- History. --- Biography