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Science in Traditional China : a comparative perspective

Name: Science in Traditional China : a comparative perspective
Brand: Harvard University Press
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hardcover – December 24, 1981

by Needham, Joseph

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ISBN-13: 9780674794382 ISBN-10: 0674794389

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Harvard University Press

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hardcover

Published

December 24, 1981

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2.2 lbs

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Science in Traditional China : a comparative perspective by Needham, Joseph. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780674794382.

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.