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1	Science and Civilisation in China more books like this by Joseph Needham Part one of the fifth volume of Joseph Needham's great enterprise is written by one of the project's collaborators. Professor Tsien Tsuen-Hsuin, working in regular consultation with Dr Needham, has written the most comprehensive account of every aspect of paper and printing in China to be published in the West. From a close study of the vast mass ... see all copies from $65.00! new only from $217.11! \| first editions
2	Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 4, Physics and Physical Technology, Part 1, Physics more books like this by Joseph Needham Science and Civilisation in China see all copies from $74.00! new only from $128.00! \| first editions
3	The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: An Abridgement of Joseph Needham's Original Text more books like this by Colin A Ronan In the second volume of his abridgement of Joseph Needham's original text, Colin Ronan looks in detail at the early Chinese contributions to various sciences. The first section deals with mathematics, and it is shown that the Chinese works were comparable with the pre-Renaissance achievements of the old world. This account is written with the non ... see all copies from $28.26! new only from $72.74! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 1 more books like this by Colin A Ronan (Abridged by), Joseph Needham Joseph Needham's Science and Civilisation in China is a monumental piece of scholarship which breaks new ground in presenting to the Western reader a detailed and coherent account of the development of science, technology and medicine in China from the earliest times until the advent of the Jesuits and the beginnings of modern science in the late ... see all copies from $3.33! new only from $10.00! \| SVS
5	Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 10, Textile Technology: Weaving and Looms more books like this by Joseph Needham The first volume of the three parts of Science and Civilisation in China deals with the art of war in ancient and medieval China. see all copies from $67.05! new only from $149.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Science, religion & reality more books like this by Joseph Needham Essays on science, religion, and reality by various authors. Contents: Introduction; Magic Science and Religion; Historical relations of religion and science; Science and religion in the nineteenth century, The domain of physical science; Mechanistic biology and the religious consciousness; Sphere of religion; Religion and psychology; Science ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $26.89! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Within the Four Seas: The Dialogue of East and West more books like this by Joseph Needham see all copies from $26.62! new only from $168.36! \| first editions
8	Science in Traditional China more books like this by Joseph Needham The world's preeminent authority on Chinese science explores the philosophy, social structure, arts, crafts, and even military strategies that form our understanding of Chinese science, making instructive comparisons along the way to similar elements of Indian, Hellenistic, and Arabic cultures. A major portion of the book concentrates on Taoist ... see all copies from $11.95! new only from $56.34! \| SVS
9	Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 3, Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth more books like this by Joseph Needham After two volumes mainly introductory, Dr Needham now embarks upon his systematic study of the development of the natural sciences in China. The Sciences of the Earth follow: geography and cartography, geology, seismology and mineralogy. Dr Needham distinguishes parallel traditions of scientific cartography and religious cosmography in East and ... see all copies from $184.70! new only from $243.62!
10	Order and life more books like this by Joseph Needham This volume, which is based on the Terry Lectures delivered at Yale University in 1935, deals with the problem of the unity of natural knowledge. It considers the cleavage between the inorganic and biological sciences, and between the theology of intelligibility and that of inexplicability. Under the heading "The Nature of Biological Order" it ... see all copies from $9.99! new only from $62.40! \| first editions \| SVS
11	The Grand Titration: Science and Society in East and West more books like this by Joseph Needham see all copies from $88.58! new only from $164.38!
12	Towards a New Mysticism: Teilhard de Chardin and Eastern Religions more books like this by Joseph Needham, Ursula King see all copies from $8.00! new only from $21.99! \| first editions
13	The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China more books like this by Colin A Ronan Digesting the main sections of Volume IV of Dr. Needham's magnum opus, this book is concerned with the immense advances made in early and medieval China in mechanical engineering. It discusses in simple but eminently readable terms the status of engineers, their tools and materials, then basic mechanical principles, followed by machinery powered ... see all copies from $46.00! new only from $133.87! \| SVS
14	Time, the Refreshing River more books like this by Joseph Needham see all copies from $9.14! first editions
15	Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 6, Biology and Biological Technology, Part 2, Agriculture more books like this by Joseph Needham, Francesca Bray A further volume in Joseph Needham's magisterial revelation on China which introduces the history of medicine. see all copies from $133.87! new only from $133.87! \| first editions
16 view cover	Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 9, Textile Technology: Spinning and Reeling more books like this by Dieter Kuhn, Joseph Needham (Editor), C Cullen (Editor) This study, the first of two parts which will give a comprehensive account of Chinese textiles and textile technology, deals with the evolution of bast fibre spinning and silk-reeling in the history of China. These operations are the basic techniques in the production of yarn and thread, pre-requisite to weaving, and any study of Chinese textile ... see all copies from $177.28! new only from $217.11!
17 view cover	Mechanistic Biology and the Religious Consciousness by Joseph Needham see all copies from $10.05! new only from $11.86! \| SVS
18 view cover	Adventure and Art: The First One Hundred Years of Printing more books like this by Paul Needham (Editor), Michael Joseph (Editor), Robert G Sewell (Contributions by) Provides detailed descriptions of Rutgers University Libraries' and the University Archives' rare books and incunabula, plus color and b&w photos of about 30 of the collections' most exquisite pieces. Readers who are new to the world of rare books will discover the extraordinary beauty and craftsmanship of these 15th- and 16th-century pieces, and ... see all copies from $9.99! new only from $20.00! \| first editions
19	Biochemistry and Morphogenesis more books like this by Joseph Needham see all copies from $20.00! first editions
20 view cover	Celestial Lancets: A History and Rationale of Acupuncture and Moxa more books like this by Gwei-Djen Lu, Joseph Needham, Vivienne Lo (Introduction by) This study of two ancient therapeutic techniques of Chinese medicine gives a full account of both methods in the theoretical structure of Chinese medicine, combined with a rationale in the light of modern scientific knowledge. see all copies from $53.33! new only from $53.33!
21 view cover	Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 7, Part II: General Conclusions and Reflections more books like this by Joseph Needham, Kenneth Girdwood Robinson (Editor), Professor Mark Elvin (Introduction by) Volume addressing questions that drove the entire project. see all copies from $122.69! new only from $122.69!
22	The Chemistry of Life: Eight Lectures on the History of Biochemistry more books like this by Joseph Needham (Editor), Robert Hill, Sc. This assembly of lectures should appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of science. see all copies from $2.67! first editions
23	A History of Embryology more books like this by Joseph Needham see all copies from $45.00!
24 view cover	Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 1, Introductory Orientations more books like this by Joseph Needham Science and Civilisation in China see all copies from $185.47! new only from $185.47!
25	Moulds of Understanding: A Pattern of Natural Philosophy more books like this by Joseph Needham see all copies from $25.46! new only from $45.26! \| first editions

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