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Zhang Heng

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Most Influential Person Across History

Chinese scientist and statesman

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Engineering
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Civil Engineering
#122
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Physics
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Astronomy
#290
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According to Wikipedia, Zhang Heng , formerly romanized as Chang Heng, was a Chinese polymathic scientist and statesman who lived during the Han dynasty. Educated in the capital cities of Luoyang and Chang'an, he achieved success as an astronomer, mathematician, seismologist, hydraulic engineer, inventor, geographer, cartographer, ethnographer, artist, poet, philosopher, politician, and literary scholar.

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