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THE GENIUS OF CHINA; 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery, and Invention / Robert Temple / Introduced by Joseph Needham
[Buy it!] | Temple, Robert K. G. | USD 40.00
(Sun Jun 2 15:37:42 2024) | Abebooks | Borg Antiquarian | ISBN10: 0233002022, ISBN13: 9780233002026, [publisher: Simon and Schuster, New York] Hardcover First Edition Small quarto (10" x 7 3/4"), black cloth with gold lettering on spine, Introduction by Joseph Needham, lavishly illustrated with examples of Chinese inventions and technology in B&W and some color, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with 5 Chinese scenes, splendid endpapers with tables in color comparing early Chinese inventions with--usually centuries later--Western comparables, 254 pages. Weight: 2 lbs. 1 oz. Science and Civilization in China is the finest survey of Chinese science and technology by the British genius (biochemist- turned-sinologist), Dr. Joseph Needham (1900 - 1995). Robert Temple (b.1945), a professor of the history and philosophy of science at Tsinghua University, Beijing, worked with Needham to summarize many of the findings in the latter's magisterial and encyclopedic series. FINE COPY: Solid and clean in a comparable clean and bright unclipped dust jacket No previous owner or reminder marks.
[Lake Forest, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1986]
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