Science and civilisation in China /

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Main Author: Needham, Joseph, 1900-1995
Other Authors: Wang, Ling, 1917-1994
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] : University Press, 1954-<1986>
Subjects:
Table of 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, 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
  • v. 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. 7. Military technology, the gunpowder epic. biological technology. pt. 1. Botany. pt. 2. Agriculture / by Francesca Bray.
  • v.5. Biology and biological technology. pt. 1. Botany. pt. 2. Agriculture, by Francesca Bray. pt. 3. Argo-industries and forestries. pt. 4. Chemistry & chemical technology. pt. 5. Fermentations and food science
  • pt. 11 Ferrous Metallurgy
  • pt. 12. Chemistry & chemical technology : ceramic technology
  • v. 7, pt. 2. General conclusions and reflections / by Joseph Needham.