| 1 | Title: | Science and civilisation in China | | | Creator: | Needham, Joseph, 1900- | Wang, Ling. | Tsien, Tsuen-Hsuin. | Kuhn, Dieter. | Bray, Francesca. | | | Publication: | Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [Eng.], 1954- | | | Notes: | Half title of v. 5, pt. 9 in Chinese characters: Chung-kuo kʻo hsüeh chi shu shih. 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 / 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, with the collaboration of Ho Ping-Yu and Lu Gwei-Djen. pt. 4. Spagyrical discovery and invention: apparatus, theories, and gifts, with the collaboration of Ho Ping-Yu and Lu Gwei-Djen and a contribution by Nathan Sivin. pt. 5. Spagyrical discovery and invention: physiological alchemy, with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-Djen. pt. 7. Military technology, the gunpowder epic, with the collaboration of Ho Ping-Yu (Ho Peng Yoke), Lu Gwei- Djen, and Wang Ling. pt. 9. Textile technology: spinning and reeling / Dieter Kuhn. pt. 12. Ceramic technology / Rose Kerr and Nigel Wood -- v. 6. Biology and biological technology. pt. 1. Botany. pt. 2. Agriculture / Francesca Bray -- V. 7. pt. 2. General conclusions and reflections. Includes bibliographies and indexes. | | | Extent: | v. : ill. ; 26 cm. | | | Subjects: | Science history China | Civilization history China | Technology history China | Anthropology, Cultural China
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