TY  - BOOK
AU  - Needham,Joseph
AU  - Wang,Ling
TI  - Science and civilisation in China
SN  - 052132727X
AV  - DS721 .N39
U1  - 509.951 19
PY  - 1965///
CY  - Cambridge [Eng.]
PB  - University Press
KW  - Science
KW  - China
KW  - History
KW  - Technology
KW  - Science and civilization
KW  - Civilization
N1  - INCLUDE INDEX; Includes bibliographies and indexes; 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. 6. Military technology, missiles and sieges. pt. 7. Military technology, the gunpowder epic. pt. 9. Textile technology, spinning and reeling / by Dieter Kuhn. pt. 12. Ceramic technology / by Rose Kerr and Nigel Wood. pt. 13. Mining / by Peter J. Golas.--v. 6. Biology and biological technology. pt. 1. Botany. pt. 2. Agriculture / by Francesca Bray. pt. 3. Agro-industries and forestry / by Christian Daniels, Nicholas K. Menzies. pt 4. Traditional botany: an ethnobotanical approach / Georges Metailie. pt. 5. Fermentations and food science / by H.T. Huang.    pt. 6. Medicine -- v. 7. pt. 1. Language and logic / by Christoph Harbsmeier. pt. 2. General conclusions and reflections
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