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Science and Civilisation in China
Joseph Needham
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Description for Science and Civilisation in China
hardcover. Series: Science and Civilisation in China. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 300 x 180 x 59. Weight in Grams: 2048.
As Dr Needham's immense undertaking gathers momentum it has been found necessary to subdivide volumes into parts, each to be bound and published separately. The first part of Volume 4, already published, deals with the physical sciences; the second with the diverse applications of physics in the many branches of mechanical engineering; and the third will deal with civil and hydraulic engineering and nautical technology. With this part of Volume 4, then, we come to the application by the Chinese of physical principles in the control of forces and in the use of power; we cross the frontier separating tools ... Read more
As Dr Needham's immense undertaking gathers momentum it has been found necessary to subdivide volumes into parts, each to be bound and published separately. The first part of Volume 4, already published, deals with the physical sciences; the second with the diverse applications of physics in the many branches of mechanical engineering; and the third will deal with civil and hydraulic engineering and nautical technology. With this part of Volume 4, then, we come to the application by the Chinese of physical principles in the control of forces and in the use of power; we cross the frontier separating tools ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1965
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
816
Condition
New
Series
Science and Civilisation in China
Number of Pages
816
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521058032
SKU
V9780521058032
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Ref
99-3
Reviews for Science and Civilisation in China
"[An] astonishing and enduring study...[Needham brings] depth of emotion and technical finesse to his task." Jonathan Spence, New York Review of Books "Perhaps the greatest single act of historical synthesis and intercultural communication ever attempted by one man." Laurence Picken, Cambridge University