Wang Chong
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Wang Chong
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Wang Chong, courtesy name Zhongren (仲任), was a Chinese astronomer, meteorologist, naturalist, philosopher, and writer active during the Eastern Han dynasty. He developed a rational, secular, naturalistic and mechanistic account of the world and of human beings and gave a materialistic explanation of the origin of the universe. His main work was the Lunheng. This book contained many theories involving early sciences of astronomy and meteorology, and Wang Chong was even the first in Chinese histor
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1st century Chinese meteorologist, astronomer, and philosopher
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Chong
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2005-02-14T17:59:43Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T13:25:42Z
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