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Science And Civilisation In China

By Joseph Needham

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1956
ISBN
9780521057998, 052105799X
Open Library ID
OL21856369M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
296 MB (310527290 bytes)
Volume
Vol 1
Pages
374\374
Library
linked by Irbis
Time added
2010-01-11 02:35:34

Description

Dr Joseph Needham's account of the Chinese achievement in science and technology will stand as one of the great works of our time. It has been acclaimed by specialists in both East and West and also by readers with wider and more general interests. The text, based on research of a high critical quality, is supported by many hundreds of illustrations and is imbued with a warm appreciation of China. Volume I is an introductory volume, in which Dr Needham prepares his readers for the study of a whole human culture. He begins by examining the structure of the Chinese language; he reviews the geography of China and the long history of its people, and discusses the scientific contacts which have occurred throughout the centuries, between Europe and East Asia.

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