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The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 1
Language: en
Pages: 344
Authors: Joseph Needham
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1978 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Volumes I and II of the major series: China: its language, geography and history ; Chinese philosophy and scientific thought.
The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5
Language: en
Pages: 388
Authors: Joseph Needham
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1978 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This fifth volume abridgement of Joseph Needham's monumental work is concerned with the staggering civil engineering feats made in early and medieval China.
Science in Traditional China
Language: en
Pages: 148
Authors: Joseph Needham
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1981 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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The world's preeminent authority on Chinese science explores the philosophy, social structure, arts, crafts, and even military strategies that form our understa
The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 3
Language: en
Pages: 316
Authors: Joseph Needham
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1978 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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A section of Volume IV, part 1 and a section of Volume IV, part 3 of the major series:
Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 7, Military Technology: The Gunpowder Epic
Language: en
Pages: 742
Authors: Joseph Needham
Categories: Technology & Engineering
Type: BOOK - Published: 1987-01-22 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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The Gunpowder Epic is one of three planned publications on military technology within Dr Needham's immense undertaking. The discovery of gunpowder in China by t