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Science and civilisation in China

Title
Science and civilisation in China / by Joseph Needham.
Author
Needham, Joseph, 1900-1995.
Publication
Cambridge [Eng.] : University Press, 1954-

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Wang, Ling.
Description
v. : illus., maps (part fold.); 26 cm
Subject
  • Science > China > History
  • Technology > China > History
  • Science and civilization
  • China > Civilization
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies.
Contents
  • VOLUME 1. Introductory orientations -- VOLUME 2. History of scientific thought -- VOLUME 3. Mathematics and the sciences of the heavens and the earth -- VOLUME 4. Physics and physical technology: pt. 1. Physics, with the collaboration of Wang Ling and the special co-operation of Kenneth Girdwood Robinson. pt. 2. Mechanical engineering. pt. 3. Civil engineering and nautics with the collaboration of Wang Ling and Lu Gwei-Djen.--
  • -- VOLUME 5. Chemistry and chemical technology: pt. 1. Paper and printing / by Tsien Tsuen-hsuin. pt. 2. Spagyrical discovery and invention: magisteries of gold and immortality, with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-Djen. 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 / with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-Djen. 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 / Donald B. Wagner. pt. 12. Ceramic technology. pt. 13. Mining / Peter J. Golas -- VOLUME 6. Biology and biological technology. pt. 1. Botany. pt. 2. Agriculture / by Francesca Bray. pt. 3. Agro-industries and forestry; agro-industries: sugarcane technology / Christian Daniels. Forestry / Nicholas K. Menzies. pt. 5. Fermantations and food science / H.T. Huang. pt. 6. Medicine / Joseph Needham --
  • -- VOLUME 7. pt. 1. Language and logic / Christoph Harbsmeier -- VOLUME 7. pt. 2. General conclusions and reflections / Joseph Needham.
LCCN
54004723
OCLC
  • 779676
  • ocm00779676
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries