Science and civilisation in China
By: by Joseph Needham with the research assistance of Wang Ling.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1962
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Science -- China -- History.; China -- Civilization -- History.; China -- Intellectual life.
Notes: Research assistants vary.

Includes bibliography.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Introductory orientations; title: v. 2. History of scientific thought; title: v. 3. Mathematics and the sciences of the heavens and the earth; title: v. 4. Physics and physical technology: pt. 1. Physics ; pt. 2. Mechanical engineering ; pt. 3. Civil engineering and nautics; title: v. 5. Chemistry and chemical technology: pt. 2. Spagyrical discovery and invention. magisteries of gold and immortality ; pt. 3. Spagyrical discovery and invention. historical survey. from cinnabar elixirs to synthetic insulin ; pt. 4. Spagyrical discovery and invention: apparatus, theories, and gifts ; pt. 5. Spagyrical discovery and invention: physiological alchemy / with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-Djen ; pt. 6. Military technology: missiles and sieges ; pt. 7. Military technology. the gunpower epic ; pt. 8. Mining ; pt. 9. Textile technology: spinning and reeling ; pt. 12. Ceramic technology.; title: v. 6. Biology and biological technology: pt. 1. Botany ; pt. 2. Agriculture ; pt. 3. Agro-industries and forestry ; pt. 4. Medicine ; pt. 5. Fermentations and food science; title: v. 7. pt. 1. Language and logic ; pt. 2. General conclusions and reflections.