IX/298 pp. with many illustrations, binding slightly rubbed / creased, else good and clean, text in English, Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 500 original softcover (no dust jacket),

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Title

The Shorter Science & Civilisation In China: 3. An Abridgement of Joseph Needham's original Text (= A Section of Volume IV, Part 1 and a section of Volume IV, Part 3 of the major series).

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Publication Date

1986

Language

English

ISBN 10

0521315603

ISBN 13

9780521315609

Binding

Soft cover

Weight

500 grams

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Asian Studies

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This third volume of Colin Ronan's abridgement of Joseph Needham's monumental work is devoted to Chinese contributions to nautical science and technology. In the original text, these subjects were dealt with in separate parts; in this abridgement they are coveniently presented in a single unified account. The book opens with an examination of what is perhaps the greatest single contribution of Chinese civilisation to nautical science, the magnetic compass. Then follow chapters on navigation, nautical history, and voyages and discoveries, together with design and methods of construction of Chinese shipping. A final chapter looks at nautical technology in war and peace. In the original text, the material covered here appeared in Volume IV Part I and Volume IV Part 3. In abridging the text, the opportunity has been taken to include the official Pin Yin transliterations alongside those of the original work.

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This third volume of Colin Ronan's abridgement of Joseph Needham's monumental work is devoted to Chinese contributions to nautical science and technology

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