Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 5: Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 3: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey, from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin - Hardcover
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The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of presentation and assimilation, each part bound and published separately. The volume as a whole covers the subjects of alchemy, early chemistry, and chemical technology (which includes military invention, especially gunpowder; paper and printing; textiles; mining and metallurgy; the salt industry; and ceramics).
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The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of presentation and assimilation, each part bound and published separately. The volume as a whole covers the subjects of alchemy, early chemistry, and chemical technology.
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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."
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Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 5: Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 3: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey, from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin
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Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 5: Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 3: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey, from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin
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Science and Civilisation in China (Volume 5.3)
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Science and Civilisation in China (Volume 5.3) Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 3: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey, From Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin
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Science & Civilisation in China, Vol. 5: Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part III: Spagyrical Discover and Invention: Historical Survey, from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin
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Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5 - Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part III: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey, From Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin (Section 33 Continued)
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Science and civilisation in China. Vol. 5 : Chemistry and chemical technology. Part 3, Spagyrical discovery and invention : historical survey, from cinnabar elixirs to synthetic insulin
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xxxv, 479 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 26 cm. Summary:The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of presentation and assimilation, each part bound and published separately. The volume as a whole covers the subjects of alchemy, early chemistry, and chemical technology. Seller Inventory # hspilsoas07
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Science & Civilisation in China Vol. V: 3
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Science and Civilisation in China, Volume V: Chemistry and Chemical Technology; Part III: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey, from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin
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Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 3, Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin
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