Science and Civilisation in China, Part 7, Military Technology: The Gunpowder Epic

by Joseph Needham, Ho Ping-Yu, Lu Gwei-Djen

The Gunpowder Epic is one of three planned publications on military technology within Dr Needham's immense undertaking. The discovery of gunpowder in China by the 9th century AD was followed by its rapid applications. It is now clear that the whole development from bombs and grenades to the invention of the metal-barrel hand gun took place in the Chinese culture area before Europeans had any knowledge of the mixture itself. Uses in civil engineering...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521303583
• ISBN13: 9780521303583
• Release Date: February 1987
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 742 Pages
• Weight: 3.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 8.4" x 12.2"