Shorter Science and Civilisation in China

Name: Shorter Science and Civilisation in China
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ISBN: 9780521292863

ISBN-10: 0521292867

ISBN-13: 9780521292863

Edition: 1980 (Abridged)

Authors: Colin A. Ronan

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Joseph Needham's Science and Civilisation in China is a monumental piece of scholarship which breaks new ground in presenting to the Western reader a detailed and coherent account of the development of science, technology and medicine in China from the earliest times until the advent of the Jesuits and the beginnings of modern science in the late seventeenth century. It is a vast work, necessarily more suited to the scholar and research worker than the general reader. This paperback version, abridged and re-written by Colin Ronan, makes this extremely important study accessible to a wider public. The present book covers the material treated in volumes I and II of Dr Needham's original work.…

Book details

List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 1980
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/19/1980
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 340
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



List of illustrations


List of tables


Preface



Magnetism and electricity



Nautical technology



Voyages and discovieries



Navigation



Propulsion



Steering



Techniques of peace and war afloat


Table of Chinese dynasties


Bibliography


Index