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THE SHORTER SCIENCE AND CIVILISATION IN CHINA
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| Volume: |
v. 2 |
| By: |
Colin A. Ronan, Joseph Needham |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£38.00 |
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£33.25 |
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£4.75 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521315360 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521315364 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
20 June, 1985 |
| Series: |
Shorter Science and Civilisation in China |
| Pages: |
472 |
| Description: |
In the second volume of his abridgement of Joseph Needham's original text, Colin Ronan looks in detail at the early Chinese contributions to various sciences such as: mathmatics; astronomy and meteorology; earth sciences - geography, cartography, geology, seismology and mineralogy; and physics. |
| Synopsis: |
In the second volume of his abridgement of Joseph Needham's original text, Colin Ronan looks in detail at the early Chinese contributions to various sciences. The first section deals with mathematics, and it is shown that the Chinese works were comparable with the pre-Renaissance achievements of the old world. This account is written with the non-mathematician in mind. The text is next concerned with the sciences of astronomy and meteorology, followed by the Earth sciences: geography, cartography, geology, seismology and mineralogy. Volume 2 closes with a description of some aspects of Chinese physics, including their predilection for the wave theory as opposed to particles, metrology, statics, hydrostatics, heat, light and sound. |
| Illustrations: |
70 b/w illus. 7 maps 23 tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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