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Science and Civilisation in China, Part 6, Military Technology: Missiles and Sieges
Joseph Needham
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Description for Science and Civilisation in China, Part 6, Military Technology: Missiles and Sieges
hardcover. The first volume of the three parts of Science and Civilisation in China deals with the art of war in ancient and medieval China. Series Editor(s): Cullen, C. Series: Science and Civilisation in China. Num Pages: 620 pages, 323 b/w illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GTB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1642.
Science and Civilisation in China Volume V Part 6 is the first of the three parts dealing with the arts of war in ancient and medieval China. The present volume opens with an introduction on Chinese attitudes to warfare in general. Four major sections follow: on the making and use of simple bows; on the crossbow, the standard weapon of the Han armies, and its introduction to the Western world; on the pre-gunpowder forms of artillery, including the invention of the trebuchet; and on the art of siege warfare in which the Mohists were particularly interested. There is a good ... Read more
Science and Civilisation in China Volume V Part 6 is the first of the three parts dealing with the arts of war in ancient and medieval China. The present volume opens with an introduction on Chinese attitudes to warfare in general. Four major sections follow: on the making and use of simple bows; on the crossbow, the standard weapon of the Han armies, and its introduction to the Western world; on the pre-gunpowder forms of artillery, including the invention of the trebuchet; and on the art of siege warfare in which the Mohists were particularly interested. There is a good ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
620
Condition
New
Series
Science and Civilisation in China
Number of Pages
620
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521327275
SKU
V9780521327275
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Reviews for Science and Civilisation in China, Part 6, Military Technology: Missiles and Sieges
'For this immense and astonishing work of erudition no praise can be too high … we have a volume authoritative, fascinating and illuminating … of contemporary Eastern and Western progress in the sciences.' W. M. Smart, Nature '… one of the great European contributions to the understanding both of the sweep of Chinese civilisation and of its contributions to Western ... Read more