The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China
Subtitle: Volume 5
Edition: Abridged Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 24, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780521467735
Subjects: History of science; Science/Mathematics; Science; Asia - China; History; China - Civilization; History : Asia - China; Science / History; Technology / General
First sentence: No ancient country in the world did more in civil engineering, both as to scale and skill, than China, and this is particularly so when it comes to hydraulic engineering in all its aspects.