古代科学家□沈括小传（The ancient scientist Shen Kuo.）.docVIP

古代科学家□沈括小传（The ancient scientist Shen Kuo.） The ancient scientist Shen Kuo - Biography Shen Kuo (AD 1031-1095), word store, Zhejiang, Qian Tang (now Hangzhou) people. Shen Kuo made Shuyang county (now Jiangsu Province in Haizhou this year) and served as registrar, the East China Sea (now in Jiangsu province), Ningguo (in Anhui province), Wan Hill (now Huaiyang County in Henan province) as county magistrate. Thirty-three year old candidates in the examination. Three years later, was recommended to the Zhao school editing books, he began to study astronomy here. Song Shenzong Xining five years (AD 1072), as the lift companies in charge of supervision, astronomical observation, ephemeris calculation. Then, Shen Kuo also served as the official review, Xining six years (AD 1073) Jixian university. Zhezong yuan two years (AD 1087), Shen Kuo spent twenty years compiling the world map to complete the county. The following year, he settled in Runzhou (todays Jiangsu Province, Zhenjiang Mengxi garden). Shen Kuo learned that the achievements in many aspects. In terms of agriculture and water, Shen Kuo wrote, said five polders 10000 Chunwei books about the work such as polder. Shen Kuo is an outstanding astronomer. Xining five years (AD 1072), Shen Kuo responsible duty day supervision, improved (measuring range of celestial sphere), astronomical observation instrument and shadow floating table old leakage. It also made measurement standards, improve the measuring method and the shadow, written in the discussion, floating leakage armillary sphere and King table discussion discussion and other three articles, China became the most important document in the history of astronomy. In his later years, Shen Kuo put forward the Twelve gas calendar (pure Gregorian calendar) to replace the original calendar (lunar calendar) that this calendar is in line with actual celestial body, is also beneficial to the agricultural activities. This can compare with the Gregorian calendar (solar calen