Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 1, Introductory Orientations

by Joseph Needham

Dr Joseph Needham's account of the Chinese achievement in science and technology will stand as one of the great works of our time. It has been acclaimed by specialists in both East and West and also by readers with wider and more general interests. The text, based on research of a high critical quality, is supported by many hundreds of illustrations and is imbued with a warm appreciation of China. Volume I is an introductory volume, in which Dr Needham...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000NTN9AG
• ISBN13: 9780521057998
• Release Date: August 1954
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.4" x 9.7"