shorter Science and civilisation in China
Subtitle: an abridgement of Joseph Needham's original text
By: Colin A. Ronan.
Contributors: Ronan, Colin A.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1978
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Science -- China -- History.; China -- Civilization.; China -- Intellectual life.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Volume 2 contains Volume III and a section of Volume IV, Part 1 of the major series.
Volume 3 contains a section of Volume IV, part I, and a section of Volume IV, part 3 of the major series; volume 4 contains the main sections of volume IV, part 2 of the major series.
Volume 5 contains the first section of volume IV, part 3, and the final section of volume IV, part 2 of the major series.