China's long history has seen some extremely important inventions emerge, most noticeably gunpowder, paper making, printing and the compass, which, in the words of Roger Bacon, changed the whole ...

We'll begin with arguably the most famous ancient Chinese invention. Legend has it that gunpowder was accidentally discovered by alchemists looking for a concoction that would create immortality ...

Somehow, they stumbled upon papermaking, printing, gunpowder ... and Invention. Simon and Schuster, New York. 1986). Information given here is from Temple's book. This activity is an informative way ...