Physical+processes

Put your information below or start a discussion 1-2 centuries AD Wang Chong compared proagation of sound waves to water waves Son Yingxing (1368-1644 Ming dynasty - 'air has substance ... when the string of a musical instrument is plucked, sound is produced by vibration ...' Mo Zi in //Mo Jing// ( 450 BC) light travels in straight lines, using pinhole and looking at the upside down image Shadows are the absence of light. They also had idea of centre of gravity and balance point. Shen Gua in Sung dynasty (AD 1033 - 1097) images and concave mirrors. Taoist Zhao Youquin - pinhole experiments Indians (Buddha 500 BC) concept of //svabhava://the inherent nature of material objects to cause effect
 * From Lost Discoveries by Dick Teresi (2002) Simon and Schuster**

Abu Ali al-Hasan (Bagdad AD 965) quantitatve link between maths and physics e.g. staright line travel of light.