| Science and Civilisation in China, Part 3, Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin Contributor(s): Needham, Joseph (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521210283 ISBN-13: 9780521210287 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $298.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1976 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | History - History | Asia - China - Science | History |
| Dewey: 509.51 |
| LCCN: 54004723 |
| Series: Science and Civilisation in China |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 7.7" W x 9.7" (2.70 lbs) 516 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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). |
