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Science and civilisation in China / by Joseph Needham ; with the research assistance of Wang Ling.
Van Pelt Library DS721 .N39 v.1-7
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Penn Museum Library DS721 .N39 v.6:pt.5
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Needham, Joseph, 1900-1995.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--China--History.
- Science.
- Chemistry.
- History.
- China.
- Technology--China--History.
- Technology.
- Science and civilization.
- Chemistry--China--History.
- China--Civilization.
- Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- volumes : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
- Other Title:
- Science and civilization in China
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1954-
- Summary:
- 'The width of his view, the range of his reading, and the penetration of his mind compel the utmost respect for his treatment and his conclusions. It is a book which is bound to modify all subsequent histories of Chinese thought and indeed the histories of thought the world around.' - L. Carrington Goodrich in Far Eastern Survey (New York).
- Contents:
- v. 1. Introductory orientations
- v. 2. History of scientific thought
- v. 3. Mathematics and the sciences of the heavens and the earth
- v. 4. Physics and physical technology: pt. 1. Physics. pt. 2. Mechanical engineering. pt. 3. Civil engineering and nautics
- v.5. Chemistry and chemical technology: pt.1. Paper and printing. pt.2. Spagyrical discovery and invention : magisteries of gold and immortality. pt.3. Spagyrical discovery and invention : historical survey, from cinnabar elixirs to synthetic insulin. pt.4. Spagyrical discovery and invention : apparatus, theories and gifts. pt.5. Spagyrical discovery and invention : physiological alchemy. pt.6. Military technology : missiles and sieges. pt.7. Military technology, the gunpowder epic. pt.9. Textile technology : spinning and reeling.
- pt.11. Ferrous metallurgy
- pt.13. Mining
- v.6. Biology and biological technology: pt.2. Agriculture. pt.4. Traditional botany ; an ethnobotanical approach
- pt.5. Fermentations and food science.
- pt.6. Medicine
- v.7: pt.1. Language and logic. pt.2. General conclusions and reflections.
- Notes:
- Assistants or collaborators vary.
- Includes bibliographies and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0521085713
- 0521210283
- OCLC:
- 779676
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