25.5cm x 20cm in size. xxxiv, 434pp, Illustrated, Tables. Cloth [black spines with pictorial boards, minor sellotape markings to endpapers] / Hardbacks with Dust Jackets [protected by clear covering] both in Used Like - New condition. Seller Inventory # 18423

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Title: Science And Civilization In China. Volume 4....

Publisher: Cambridge University Press Reprinted

Publication Date: 1977

Binding: Hardcover

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Dr Needham's fourth volume traces the development of physics and physical technology in ancient and medieval China. It is conveniently divided into three separate parts, the present volume, IV:1, dealing with physics as such, IV:2 with mechanical engineering and IV:3 with civil engineering and nautics.

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"[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

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