The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China Volume 2
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The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China Volume 2
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Author : Joseph Needham
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1978
The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China Volume 2 written by Joseph Needham and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with History categories.
Volume 2 contains Volume III and a section of Volume IV, Part 1 of the major series: Mathematics, Astronomy, Meteorology, Geography & map-making, Geology & related sciences, Physics (excluding electricity & magnetism).
The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China Volume 1
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Author : Joseph Needham
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1978
The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China Volume 1 written by Joseph Needham and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with History categories.
Volumes I and II of the major series: China: its language, geography and history ; Chinese philosophy and scientific thought.
The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China Volume 5
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Author : Joseph Needham
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1978
The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China Volume 5 written by Joseph Needham and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with History categories.
This fifth volume abridgement of Joseph Needham's monumental work is concerned with the staggering civil engineering feats made in early and medieval China.
The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China Volume 4
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Author : Joseph Needham
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1978
The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China Volume 4 written by Joseph Needham and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with History categories.
Three previous volumes of this series by Colin Ronan are each available in hardback as well as paperback. Volume I introduces the reader to the country of China: its history, geography and language. The major part of this book is devoted to the history of scientific thought in China itself. In Volume II, the first section deals with mathematics, and this is followed by a section dealing with mathematics. Then follow sections on astronomy, meteorology and the earth sciences. The volume closes with a description of various aspects of Chinese physics. Volume III looks in some detail at one of the greatest contributions the Chinese made to physics - the discovery of the magnetic compass.
The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China Vol 4 Pt 1 And A Section Of Vol 4 Pt 3 Of The Major Series
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Author : Joseph Needham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China Vol 4 Pt 1 And A Section Of Vol 4 Pt 3 Of The Major Series written by Joseph Needham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with China categories.
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 public. The present book covers the material treated in volumes I and II of Dr Needham's original work. The reader is introduced to the country of China, its history, geography and 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. Beginning with ancient times, it describes the milieu in which arose the schools of the Confucians, Taoists, Mohists, Logicians and Legalists. We are thus brought on to the fundamental ideas which dominated scientific thinking in the Chinese Middle Ages, to the doctrines of the Two Forces (Yin and Yang) and the Five Elements (wu hsing), to the impact of the sceptical tradition and Buddhist and Neo-Confucian thought.--Publisher description.
Science And Civilisation In China Part 2 Mechanical Engineering
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Author : Joseph Needham
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1965-01-02
Science And Civilisation In China Part 2 Mechanical Engineering written by Joseph Needham and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965-01-02 with History categories.
As Dr Needham's immense undertaking gathers momentum it has been found necessary to subdivide volumes into parts, each to be bound and published separately. The first part of Volume 4, already published, deals with the physical sciences; the second with the diverse applications of physics in the many branches of mechanical engineering; and the third will deal with civil and hydraulic engineering and nautical technology. With this part of Volume 4, then, we come to the application by the Chinese of physical principles in the control of forces and in the use of power; we cross the frontier separating tools from the machine. We have already noticed that the ancient Chinese concept of chhi (somewhat similar to the pneuma of the Greeks) asserted itself prominently in acoustics; but we discover here that the Chinese tendency to think pneumatically was also responsible for a whole range of brilliant technological achievements, for example, the double-acting piston-bellows, the rotary winnowing-fan, and the water-powered metallurgical blowing-machine (ancestor of the steam-engine); as well as for some extraordinary insights and predictions in aeronautics.
The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China
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Author : Colin A. Ronan
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1981-12-17
The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China written by Colin A. Ronan and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981-12-17 with Technology & Engineering categories.
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-mathematician in mind. The text is next concerned with the sciences of astronomy and meteorology, followed by the Earth sciences: geography, cartography, geology, seismology and mineralogy. Volume 2 closes with a description of some aspects of Chinese physics, including their predilection for the wave theory as opposed to particles, metrology, statics, hydrostatics, heat, light and sound.
The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China Volume 1
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Author : Colin A. Ronan
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1978-06-29
The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China Volume 1 written by Colin A. Ronan and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978-06-29 with Technology & Engineering categories.
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 public. The present book covers the material treated in volumes I and II of Dr Needham's original work. The reader is introduced to the country of China, its history, geography and 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. Beginning with ancient times, it describes the milieu in which arose the schools of the Confucians, Taoists, Mohists, Logicians and Legalists. We are thus brought on to the fundamental ideas which dominated scientific thinking in the Chinese Middle Ages, to the doctrines of the Two Forces (Yin and Yang) and the Five Elements (wu hsing), to the impact of the sceptical tradition and Buddhist and Neo-Confucian thought.
The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China Volume 1
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Author : Colin A. Ronan
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1980-06-19
The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China Volume 1 written by Colin A. Ronan and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980-06-19 with Technology & Engineering categories.
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 public. The present book covers the material treated in volumes I and II of Dr Needham's original work. The reader is introduced to the country of China, its history, geography and 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. Beginning with ancient times, it describes the milieu in which arose the schools of the Confucians, Taoists, Mohists, Logicians and Legalists. We are thus brought on to the fundamental ideas which dominated scientific thinking in the Chinese Middle Ages, to the doctrines of the Two Forces (Yin and Yang) and the Five Elements (wu hsing), to the impact of the sceptical tradition and Buddhist and Neo-Confucian thought.
The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China Contains The First Section Of Volume Iv Part 3 And The Final Section Of Volume Iv Part 2 Of The Major Series
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Author : Joseph Needham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China Contains The First Section Of Volume Iv Part 3 And The Final Section Of Volume Iv Part 2 Of The Major Series written by Joseph Needham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with China categories.