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Historical dictionary of science and technology in modern China / Lawrence R. Sullivan and Nancy Y. Liu.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sullivan, Lawrence R., author.
- Liu-Sullivan, Nancy, 1963- author.
- Series:
- Historical dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East.
- Historical dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--China--Dictionaries.
- Science.
- Technology--China--Dictionaries.
- Technology.
- China.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (627 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland ; London [England] : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- <span><span>The historical dictionary provides information on science and technology in China from the late nineteenth century to the present including:</span></span><br /><ul start=""1"" style=""margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;""><li><span>a chronology;</span></li><li><span>introduction; </span></li><li><span>extensive bibliography;</span></li><li><span>over 700 cross-referenced dictionary entries on major scientific and technological fields and sub-fields; </span></li><li><span>entries on western scholars and educators.</span></li></ul><span><span> </span></span>
- Contents:
- Contents; Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Reader's Note; Preface; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; THE DICTIONARY; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Appendix A: Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Research Institutes and CAS-Affiliated Organizations (2013); Appendix B: Recent International Conferences on Science and Technology; Appendix C: Prominent Overseas Chinese Scientists; Appendix D: State Key Laboratories (Guojia Zhongdian Shiyanshi) and Institutional Affiliations; Bibliography; About the Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-41296-0
- 979-82-16-22514-0
- 0-8108-7855-0
- OCLC:
- 905544113
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