About this title: 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 alchemy that led not only to the invention of gunpowder and firearms, but also, through the search for macrobiotic life-elixirs, to the rise of modern medical chemistry.
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Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780674794399ISBN:0674794397
Description: Very Good + 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 134 pp. Red cover, minor shelf wear, bent corners, light scratches, uncreased spine. B&W illustrations. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 1981-12-24
ISBN-13:9780674794382ISBN:0674794389
Description: Very Good. Dust jacket with tape-repaired tear at back bottom edge near spine and sun-fading along top edge. Inside pages clean without inscriptions or markings of any kind. Spine is sound. read more
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780674794399ISBN:0674794397
Description: Good/Wraps. . Trade paperback, good condition, w. ltly rubbed wraps--sme lt marks. Sme bumping, edgwr at lower fr edge, fr wrap. Sme Lt edgwr on fr bottom, fr edge. Sme lt edgwt on r. wrap. Smwht tanned p. edges, sme lt spots and soil. Ltly tanned ins wraps, sme ltly tanned pp. O/w cln, tight, unmarked. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HARVARD UNIV PR
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780674794399ISBN:0674794397
Description: New. 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... read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr, Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780674794399ISBN:0674794397
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Binding is tight, the corners are lightly rubbed; little wear. Text is clean. "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 in Indian, Hellenistic, and Arabic cultures. A major portion of the book concentrates on Taoist alchemy that led not only to the ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambirdge, MA
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780674794382ISBN:0674794389
Description: Fine/Very Good. 0674794389 131pgs. Red Cloth, gilt lettering on spine. illustrated throughout. unmarked, clean copy. Unmarked jacket has closed tears along upper extremities. in fresh mylar sleeve. Author examines the Taoist Alchemy that led to the invention of gunpowder and through macrobiotic life-elixirs, to the rise of modern medical chemistry. read more
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