The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China Volume 3
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The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China Volume 3
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Author : Joseph Needham
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1978
The Shorter Science And Civilisation In China Volume 3 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.
A section of Volume IV, part 1 and a section of Volume IV, part 3 of the major series:
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.
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.
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.
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 Vol 3 And A Section Of Vol 4 Pt 1 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 3 And A Section Of Vol 4 Pt 1 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.
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.