Science and civilisation in China

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Needham Joseph 1900-1995.
Group Author: Wang Ling.
Published: University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge [Eng.]
Publication Dates: 1954-<2008>
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: <v. 1-4; v. 5, pts. 1-7, 9, 11, 13; v. 6, pts. 1-3, 6; v. 7, pt. l -2 in 20>: illus., maps (part fold.) ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 052132727X (v. 5, pt 6)
9780521327275 (v. 5, pt 6)
9780521875660 (v. 5, pt. 11)
0521875668 (v. 5, pt. 11)
0521652707 (v. 6, pt 5)
9780521652704 (v. 6, pt 5)
0521320216 (v. 5, pt. 9)
9780521320214 (v. 5, pt. 9)
0521419999 (v. 6, pt.3)
9780521419994 (v. 6, pt.3)
0521087325 (v. 7, pt.2)
9780521087322 (v. 7, pt.2)
Index Number: K203
CLC: K203
N092
Call Number: N092/N374/v.3,pt11
Contents: Half title of v. 5, pt. 6, 9, 11, 13, v. 6, pt. 3, v. 7, pt. 1-2 in Chinese characters: Zhongguo ke xue ji shu shi.
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. 11. Ferrous metallurgy / by Donald B. Wagner. 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. 5. Fermentations and food science / by H.T. Huang. pt. 6. Medicine -- v. 7. Language and logic / by Christoph Harbsmeier. pt. 1- v. 7, pt. 2. General conclusions and reflections