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Author Needham, Joseph, 1900-1995, author.

Title Science and civilisation in China / by Joseph Needham.

Pub Info Cambridge : University Press, 1954.

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 Main Library  DS721 .N39 1954  v.3    3109362826993  AVAILABLE
 Main Library  DS721 .N39 1954  v.5 pt.6    3109350005703  AVAILABLE
Descript <v. 3, 1-4; v. 5, pts. 1-7, 9; v. 6, pts. 1-3; in 17 > illus., maps (part fold.) 26 cm.
Note 1954-1994
Half title of v. 3,5, pt. 6, 9, v. 6, pt. 3 in Chinese characters: Chung-kuo kʻo hsüeh chi shu shih.
Bibliog. Includes bibliographies and indexes.
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. 6. Military technology, missiles and sieges. pt. 7. Military technology, the gunpowder epic. pt. 9. Textile technology, spinning and reeling / by Dieter Kuhn.--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.
Subject China -- Civilization.
Science -- China -- History.
Technology -- China -- History.
Science and civilization.
Alt Author Wang, Ling, author.
Alt Title Chung-kuo kʻo hsüeh chi shu shih.
ISBN 052132727X (volume 5, pt. 6)