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 : Colin A. Ronan
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1985-06-20
The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China Volume 2 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 1985-06-20 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 : 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 The Main Sections Of Vol 4 Pt 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 The Main Sections Of Vol 4 Pt 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.
Science And Civilisation In China Volume 2 History Of Scientific Thought
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Author : Joseph Needham
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1956-01-03
Science And Civilisation In China Volume 2 History Of Scientific Thought 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 1956-01-03 with History categories.
The second volume of Dr Joseph Needham's great work Science and Civilisation in China is devoted to the history of scientific thought. Beginning with ancient times, it describes the Confucian milieu in which arose the organic naturalism of the great Taoist school, the scientific philosophy of the Mohists and Logicians, and the quantitative materialism of the Legalists. Thus we are brought on to the fundamental ideas which dominated scientific thinking in the Chinese middle ages. The author opens his discussion by considering the remote and pictographic origins of words fundamental in scientific discourse, and then sets forth the influential doctrines of the Two Forces and the Five Elements. Subsequently he writes of the important sceptical tradition, the effects of Buddhist thought, and the Neo-Confucian climax of Chinese naturalism. Last comes a discussion of the conception of Laws of Nature in China and the West.
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.
Science In Traditional China
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Author : Joseph Needham
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1981
Science In Traditional China written by Joseph Needham and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with History categories.
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.
The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China Volume 2
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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 Volume 2 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.
On Their Own Terms
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Author : Benjamin A. Elman
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-07-01
On Their Own Terms written by Benjamin A. Elman and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-01 with History categories.
In On Their Own Terms, Benjamin A. Elman offers a much-needed synthesis of early Chinese science during the Jesuit period (1600-1800) and the modern sciences as they evolved in China under Protestant influence (1840s-1900). By 1600 Europe was ahead of Asia in producing basic machines, such as clocks, levers, and pulleys, that would be necessary for the mechanization of agriculture and industry. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Elman shows, Europeans still sought from the Chinese their secrets of producing silk, fine textiles, and porcelain, as well as large-scale tea cultivation. Chinese literati borrowed in turn new algebraic notations of Hindu-Arabic origin, Tychonic cosmology, Euclidian geometry, and various computational advances. Since the middle of the nineteenth century, imperial reformers, early Republicans, Guomindang party cadres, and Chinese Communists have all prioritized science and technology. In this book, Elman gives a nuanced account of the ways in which native Chinese science evolved over four centuries, under the influence of both Jesuit and Protestant missionaries. In the end, he argues, the Chinese produced modern science on their own terms.