Main entry:

Needham, Joseph, 1900-1995, author.

Title & Author:

Science and civilisation in China / by Joseph Needham.

Publication:

Cambridge [England] : University Press, 1954-<2015>

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

Notes:
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.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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.
Text primarily in English with some Chinese characters.

Summary:

For contents, see Author Catalog.

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Sample text

ISBN:

052105799X (hbk. ; v. 1)
9780521057998 (hbk. ; v. 1)
(v. 2)
0521058007
9780521058001
(v. 3)
0521058015
9780521058018
(v. 4, pt. 1)
0521058023
9780521058025
(v. 4, pt. 2)
0521058031
9780521058032
(v. 4, pt. 3)
0521070600
9780521070607
(v. 5, pt. 1)
0521086906
9780521086905
(v. 5, pt. 2)
0521085713
9780521085717
(v. 5, pt. 3)
0521210283
9780521210287
(v. 5, pt. 4)
052108573X
9780521085731
(v. 5, pt. 5)
0521085748
9780521085748
052132727X (v. 5, pt. 6)
9780521327275 (v. 5, pt. 6)
0521303583 (v. 5, pt. 7)
9780521303583 (v. 5, pt. 7)
0521320216 (v. 5, pt. 9)
9780521320214 (v. 5, pt. 9)
0521875668 (v. 5, pt. 11)
9780521875660 (v. 5, pt. 11)
(v. 5, pt. 12)
0521838339
9780521838337
(v. 5, pt. 13)
0521580005
9780521580007
0521087317 (v. 6, pt. 1)
9780521087315 (v. 6, pt. 1)
0521250765 (v. 6, pt. 2)
9780521250764 (v. 6, pt. 2)
0521419999 (v. 6, pt. 3)
9780521419994 (v. 6, pt. 3)
(v. 6, pt. 4)
1107109876
9781107109872
0521652707 (v. 6, pt. 5)
9780521652704 (v. 6, pt. 5)
0521632625 (v. 6, pt. 6)
9780521632621 (v. 6, pt. 6)
052157143X (v. 7, pt. 1)
9780521571432 (v. 7, pt. 1)
0521087325 (v. 7, pt. 2)
9780521087322 (v. 7, pt. 2)

Subject:

Science China History.
Technology China History.
Science and civilization.
Civilization.
Science.
Ciencia China Historia
Tecnología China Historia
Ciencia y civilización
Sciences Chine Histoire.
Technologie Chine Histoire.
Sciences et civilisation.
Civilisation.
Sciences.
civilization.
sciences (philosophy)
science (modern discipline)
Technology
Exacte wetenschappen.
Cultuurgeschiedenis.
Science and civilization China.
China Civilization.
China.
China Civilización
Chine Civilisation.
Science Related to Society History.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Wang, Ling, 1917-1994.
Métailie, Georges.
Huang, H. T.
Zhongguo ke xue ji shu shi.

Science and civilization in China

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