Chinese Physics. Did Traditional Science Surpass the West?

Chinese physics – can science have a national identity? How much do you know about Chinese physicists? In this book, the author will answer questions such as: - Why do we know so many great European physicists, but not Chinese ones? - Why did China lead in all technical fields before the modern era without discovering physical laws? - Joseph Needham's 'Great Question': 'Why was Newton born in England, not in China?'. - What role did the Chinese mentality play in the analysis of quantum mechanics?