Science and civilisation in China
Title:
Science and civilisation in China
JLCTITLE245:
by Joseph Needham.
Publication Information:
Cambridge [England] : University Press, 1954-<2015>
Physical Description:
<volumes 1-4; volumes 5, parts 1-7, 9, 11-13; volumes 6, parts 1-6; volumes 7, part 1-2 in 25> : illustrations, maps (some folded) ; 26 cm
ISBN:
9780521057998
9780521327275
9780521303583
9780521320214
9780521875660
9780521087315
9780521250764
9780521419994
9780521652704
9780521632621
9780521571432
9780521087322
General Note:
Half title of v. 5, pt. 6, 9, 11, 13, v. 6, pt. 3, v. 7, pt. 1-2 in Chinese characters: Zhongguo ke xue ji shu shi.
Volume 6, pt. 4 mislabeled on spine as: "vol. IV:4."
"Joseph Needham directly supervised the publication of seventeen books in the Science and Civilisation series, from the first volume, which appeared in 1954, through to Volume 6, Part III, which was in press at the time of his death in march 1995. The planning and preparation of further volumes continues. Responsibility for the commissioning and approval of work for publication in the series is now taken by the Publications Board of the Needham Research Institute in Cambridge."--Preliminary page, v. 6 pt. 4.
Abstract:
For contents, see Author Catalog.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Added Title:
Zhongguo ke xue ji shu shi.
General Note (vernacular script):
Added title: 中國科學技術史 / 李約瑟著.
Variant Title:
Science and civilization in China
Contents:
Volume 1. Introductory orientations -- Volume 2. History of scientific thought -- Volume 3. Mathematics and the sciences of the heavens and the earth -- Volume 4. Physics and physical technology. Part 1. Physics ; Part 2. Mechanical engineering ; Part 3. Civil engineering and nautics -- Volume 5. Chemistry and chemical technology. Part 1. Paper and printing ; Part 2. Spagyrical discovery and invention : magisteries of gold and immortality ; Part 3. Spagyrical discovery and invention: historical survey from cinnabar elixirs to synthetic insulin ; Part 4. Spagyrical discovery and invention: apparatus, theories and gifts ; Part 5. Spagyrical discovery and invention : physiological alchemy ; Part 6. Military technology : missiles and sieges ; Part 7. Military technology : the gunpowder epic ; Part 9. Textile technology : spinning and reeling ; Part 11. Ferrous metallurgy ; Part 12. Ceramic technology ; Part 13. Mining -- Volume 6. Biology and biological technology. Part 1. Botany ; Part 2. Agriculture ; Part 3. Agro-industries and forestry ; Agro-industries : sugarcsane technology ; Part 4. Traditional botany : an ethnobotanical approach / by Georges Métailié ; Part 5. Fermentations and food science / by H.T. Huang ; Part 6. Medicine -- Volume 7. The social background. Part 1. Language and logic in traditional China ; Part 2. General conclusions and reflections.
Language:
Text primarily in English with some Chinese characters.