134pp including appendix. Exploration into Chinese science with compariosns to similar cultural developments in other nations. Contains plates/illustrations throughout. Pages tight with some underlining. Bright red softcover binding in very good condition. Previous owner's stamp on frontboard.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Science in Traditional China: A Comparative Perspective

Publisher

Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA

Publication Date

1981

Language

English

ISBN 10

0674794397

ISBN 13

9780674794399

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Not Issued

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Far East/Asia

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Synopsis

The world’s preeminent authority on Chinese science explores the philosophy, social structure, arts, crafts, and even military strategies that form our understanding of Chinese science, making instructive comparisons along the way to similar elements of Indian, Hellenistic, and Arabic cultures. A major portion of the book concentrates on Taoist alchemy that led not only to the invention of gunpowder and firearms, but also, through the search for macrobiotic life-elixirs, to the rise of modern medical chemistry.

Review

“Freewheeling, amusing, constantly alert and rarely dogmatic... Needham keeps the reader aware of the place of China within a comparative context of global scientific discovery... [A] stimulating book.”―Jonathan Spence, New York Times Book Review

“A satisfying taste from the kitchen spoon of a great chef as he prepares an august banquet. It is 100 admirable pages, an honest sample of Needham’s comparative method that brightens the shadows in our own history with light reflecting from the unexpected Chinese scene... This little book [makes] a fine day’s sail for readers.”―Philip Morrison, Scientific American

“It is pleasant to report that Needham―now in his eighty-fifth year―has written another magnificent book... Absorbing and stimulating.”―New York Review of Books

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