Cambridge University Press, Date: 1993 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volume 1 only. Minor shelf wear. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. Index. xi, 326 pp.. 1993. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521292867 9780521292863 [CA]

Cambridge University Press, Date: 1980-06-30. Paperback. Good. 1980. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521292867 9780521292863 [US]

Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 1988 First Paperback Edition; Reprint Paperback Good 0521292867. Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Scuff marks to exterior edge of pages. Creasing to spine. Protective plastic around paper covers has reinforced covers. No markings on text pages or major defects. Yellowing (light) to pages and covers.; B&W Illustrations and Maps; 326 pages.

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Good. Date: 1988. First Paperback Edition; Reprint. Paperback. 0521292867 . Ex-Library copy with usual identifiers. Scuff marks to exterior edge of pages. Creasing to spine. Protective plastic around paper covers has reinforced covers. No markings on text pages or major defects. Yellowing (light) to pages and covers.; B&W Illustrations and Maps; 326 pages . 1988. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521292867 9780521292863 [US]

Cambridge University Press, Date: 1984. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Standard paperback binding. Just some light shelf wear. - Joseph Needham's Science and Civilisation in China is a monumental piece of scholarship which breaks new ground in presenting to the Western reader a detailed and coherent account of the development of science, technology and medicine in China from the earliest times until the advent of the Jesuits and the beginnings of modern science in the late seventeenth century. It is a vast work, necessarily more suited to the scholar and research worker than the general reader. This paperback version, abridged and re-written by Colin Ronan, makes this extremely important study accessible to a wider public. The present book covers the material treated in volumes I and II of Dr Needham's original work. The reader is introduced to the country of China, its history, geography and language, and an account is given of how scientific knowledge travelled between China and Europe. The major part of the book is then devoted to the history of scientific thought in China itself. Beginning with ancient times, it describes the milieu in which arose the schools of the Confucians, Taoists, Mohists, Logicians and Legalists. We are thus brought on to the fundamental ideas which dominated scientific thinking in the Chinese Middle Ages, to the doctrines of the Two Forces (Yin and Yang) and the Five Elements (wu hsing), to the impact of the ...

Cambridge Univ Pr, Date: 1980. Paperback. New. abridged ed edition. 337 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. 1980. Cambridge Univ Pr ISBN 0521292867 9780521292863 [GB]

Cambridge University Press, Date: 1980. Soft cover. Very good/No jacket. Clean and unmarked with minimal wear on edges. Lightly yellowed inside. 1980. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521292867 9780521292863 [US]

Cambridge University Press, Date: 1980-06-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1980. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521292867 9780521292863 [US]