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The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: An Abridgement of Joseph Needham's Original Text

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The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: An Abridgement of Joseph Needham's Original Text

by Colin A Ronan

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 seventeenth century. It is a vast work, necessarily more suited to the scholar and research worker than the general reader. This paperback version, abridged and re-written by Colin Ronan, makes this extremely important study accessible to a wider ... read more

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Cambridge University Press Date Published: 7/28/1978 ISBN-13: 9780521218214 ISBN: 0521218217

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Edition: Abridged. Binding: Trade paperback Publisher: Cambridge University Press Date Published: 1980 ISBN-13: 9780521292863 ISBN: 0521292867

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Edition: Illustrated. Binding: Trade paperback Publisher: Cambridge University Press Date Published: 1985 ISBN-13: 9780521315364 ISBN: 0521315360

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Binding: Paperback Publisher: Cambridge University Press, London Date Published: 1980 ISBN-13: 9780521292863 ISBN: 0521292867

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Edition: First English Edition Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Cambridge University Press, England Date Published: 1995 ISBN-13: 9780521218214 ISBN: 0521218217

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The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: Vol. 1

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