Science and Civilisation in China, Vol. 4: Physics and Physical Technology, Part 3: Civil Engineering and Nautics - Hardcover

Needham, Joseph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521070600 ISBN 13: 9780521070607

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1971

Synopsis

As Dr Needham's immense undertaking gathers momentum it has been found necessary to subdivide volumes into parts, each bound and published separately. The first two parts of Volume IV deal respectively with the physical sciences and with the diverse applications of physics in the many branches of mechanical engineering. The third deals with civil and hydraulic engineering and with nautical technology.

About this title

Book Description:

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.

Review:

"[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

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1971
• ISBN 10: 0521070600
• ISBN 13: 9780521070607
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 990