About this Item
First edition: 1981 on title page, no subsequent printings mentioned on copyright page; co-published with The Chinese University Press, Hong Kong. Bound in red cloth-covered boards with gold lettering on the spine. Book is unmarked; corners sharp, spine ends bumped; flare to the front board. The dust jacket is not priced; edgewear; spine is sun-faded; a half-inch closed tear to bottom of front panel; Brodart protected. Seller Inventory # 007446
Bibliographic Details
Title: Science in Traditional China: A Comparative ...
Publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Publication Date: 1981
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
About this title
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.
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