Science in Traditional China. A Comparative Perspective. CLOTHBOUND EDITION. FIRST EDITION.

NEEDHAM, Joseph

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Published by Cambridge: Harvard University Press/ Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1981.

0674794389 / 9780674794382

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x, 134 pp; 21 text figures. Original cloth. Near Fine, in dust jacket. This copy does NOT have any library markings. First Edition. "The lectures which are grouped together in this book were given originally as the Second Series of Chi'en Mu Lectures at New Asia College, The Chinese University (Chung Wen Ta Hsueh) at Shatin, Hong Kong" (Preface). 1. Introduction. 2. The epic of gunpowder and firearms, developing from alchemy. 3. Comparative macrobiotics. 4. The history and rationale of acupuncture and moxibustion. 5. Attitudes toward time and change as compared with Europe. Appendix: Table of Chinese dynasties. ISBN 0674794389.

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Science in Traditional China. A Comparative Perspective. CLOTHBOUND EDITION. FIRST EDITION.
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NEEDHAM, Joseph
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press/ Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1981.
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Near Fine
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0674794389
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9780674794382
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