Science and Civilisation in China, Part 3, Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin: Chemistry ... Invention : Historical Survey from China: 5 - Rilegato

Needham, Joseph

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ISBN 10: 0521210283 ISBN 13: 9780521210287

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1976

Riassunto

The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of presentation and assimilation, each part bound and published separately. The volume as a whole covers the subjects of alchemy, early chemistry, and chemical technology (which includes military invention, especially gunpowder; paper and printing; textiles; mining and metallurgy; the salt industry; and ceramics).

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Recensione:

"[An] astonishing and enduring study...[Needham brings] depth of emotion and technical finesse to his task."
Jonathan Spence, New York Review of Books

"Perhaps the greatest single act of historical synthesis and intercultural communication ever attempted by one man."
Laurence Picken, Cambridge University

Descrizione del libro:

The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of presentation and assimilation, each part bound and published separately. The volume as a whole covers the subjects of alchemy, early chemistry, and chemical technology.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0521210283
• ISBN 13: 9780521210287
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 516