Science and civilisation in China /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Needham, Joseph, 1900-1995
Other Authors: Wang, Ling
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1954-<2008>
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. 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. 5. Fermentations and food science / by H.T. Huang. pt. 6. Medicine
  • v. 7. Language and logic / by Christoph Harbsmeier. pt. 1-