About this title: 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 ...
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Toronto, ON, Canada
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780521292863ISBN:0521292867
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Binding is tight, light shelf rubbing to the corners; small bump to the rear cover bottom edge; a little creasing about the edges; the spine is creased; little wear overall. Text is clean. "The reader is introduced to the country of China, its history, geography, language, and an account is given of how scientific knowledge travelled between China and Europe. The major part of the book is then devoted to the history of scientific thought in China itself. " ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780521292863ISBN:0521292867
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PR
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780521292863ISBN:0521292867
Description: 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... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780521292863ISBN:0521292867
Description: New. This text presents 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 17th century. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521292863ISBN:0521292867
Description: 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 seventeenth century. It is a vast work, necessarily more suited to the scholar and research worker than the general reader. This paperback version ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521292863ISBN:0521292867
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521292863ISBN:0521292867
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