Author: Joseph Needham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521070607
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 1190
Book Description
Science and Civilisation in China
Author: Joseph Needham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521070607
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 1190
Book Description
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521070607
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 1190
Book Description
Science and Civilisation in China: Physics and physical technology: pt. 1. Physics. pt. 2. Mechanical engineering. pt. 3. Civil engineering and nautics
Author: Joseph Needham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
For contents, see Author Catalog.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
For contents, see Author Catalog.
Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 11, Ferrous Metallurgy
Author: Donald B. Wagner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521875660
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Comprehensive historical account of the production and use of iron and steel in China in their political and economic context. An initial chapter on the traditional Chinese iron industry introduces the important technical concepts and the ways in which technology, geography, and economics influence political phenomena. Further chapters cover developments from the Han to the Tang, the technical evolution and economic revolution of the Song period, and economic expansion under the Ming. A final chapter investigates the debt of the modern steel industry to Chinese developments.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521875660
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Comprehensive historical account of the production and use of iron and steel in China in their political and economic context. An initial chapter on the traditional Chinese iron industry introduces the important technical concepts and the ways in which technology, geography, and economics influence political phenomena. Further chapters cover developments from the Han to the Tang, the technical evolution and economic revolution of the Song period, and economic expansion under the Ming. A final chapter investigates the debt of the modern steel industry to Chinese developments.
Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 4, Physics and Physical Technology, Part 3, Civil Engineering and Nautics
Author: Joseph Needham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521070607
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 990
Book Description
As Dr Needham's immense undertaking gathers momentum it has been found necessary to subdivide volumes into parts, each bound and published separately. The first two parts of Volume IV deal respectively with the physical sciences and with the diverse applications of physics in the many branches of mechanical engineering. The third deals with civil and hydraulic engineering and with nautical technology.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521070607
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 990
Book Description
As Dr Needham's immense undertaking gathers momentum it has been found necessary to subdivide volumes into parts, each bound and published separately. The first two parts of Volume IV deal respectively with the physical sciences and with the diverse applications of physics in the many branches of mechanical engineering. The third deals with civil and hydraulic engineering and with nautical technology.
Science and Civilisation in China: Physics and physical technology: pt. 1. Physics, with the collaboration of Wang Ling and the special co-operation of Kenneth Girdwood Robinson ; pt. 2. Mechanical engineering ; pt. 3. Civil engineering and nautics with the collaboration of Wang Ling and Lu Gwei-Djen
Author: Joseph Needham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 4, Physics and Physical Technology, Part 1, Physics
Author: Joseph Needham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521058025
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Dr Needham's fourth volume traces the development of physics and physical technology in ancient and medieval China. It is conveniently divided into three separate parts, the present volume, IV:1, dealing with physics as such, IV:2 with mechanical engineering and IV:3 with civil engineering and nautics.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521058025
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Dr Needham's fourth volume traces the development of physics and physical technology in ancient and medieval China. It is conveniently divided into three separate parts, the present volume, IV:1, dealing with physics as such, IV:2 with mechanical engineering and IV:3 with civil engineering and nautics.
Science and Civilisation in China
Author: Joseph Needham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521058025
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521058025
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Science and Civilisation in China, Part 2, Mechanical Engineering
Author: Joseph Needham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521058032
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1022
Book Description
As Dr Needham's immense undertaking gathers momentum it has been found necessary to subdivide volumes into parts, each to be bound and published separately. The first part of Volume 4, already published, deals with the physical sciences; the second with the diverse applications of physics in the many branches of mechanical engineering; and the third will deal with civil and hydraulic engineering and nautical technology. With this part of Volume 4, then, we come to the application by the Chinese of physical principles in the control of forces and in the use of power; we cross the frontier separating tools from the machine. We have already noticed that the ancient Chinese concept of chhi (somewhat similar to the pneuma of the Greeks) asserted itself prominently in acoustics; but we discover here that the Chinese tendency to think pneumatically was also responsible for a whole range of brilliant technological achievements, for example, the double-acting piston-bellows, the rotary winnowing-fan, and the water-powered metallurgical blowing-machine (ancestor of the steam-engine); as well as for some extraordinary insights and predictions in aeronautics.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521058032
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1022
Book Description
As Dr Needham's immense undertaking gathers momentum it has been found necessary to subdivide volumes into parts, each to be bound and published separately. The first part of Volume 4, already published, deals with the physical sciences; the second with the diverse applications of physics in the many branches of mechanical engineering; and the third will deal with civil and hydraulic engineering and nautical technology. With this part of Volume 4, then, we come to the application by the Chinese of physical principles in the control of forces and in the use of power; we cross the frontier separating tools from the machine. We have already noticed that the ancient Chinese concept of chhi (somewhat similar to the pneuma of the Greeks) asserted itself prominently in acoustics; but we discover here that the Chinese tendency to think pneumatically was also responsible for a whole range of brilliant technological achievements, for example, the double-acting piston-bellows, the rotary winnowing-fan, and the water-powered metallurgical blowing-machine (ancestor of the steam-engine); as well as for some extraordinary insights and predictions in aeronautics.
Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 7, Military Technology: The Gunpowder Epic
Author: Joseph Needham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521303583
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
The Gunpowder Epic is one of three planned publications on military technology within Dr Needham's immense undertaking. The discovery of gunpowder in China by the 9th century AD was followed by its rapid applications. It is now clear that the whole development from bombs and grenades to the invention of the metal-barrel hand gun took place in the Chinese culture area before Europeans had any knowledge of the mixture itself. Uses in civil engineering and mechanical engineering were equally important, before the knowledge of gunpowder spread to Europe in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Dr Needham's new work continues to demonstrate the major importance of Chinese science and technology to world history and maintains the tradition of one of the great scholarly works of the twentieth century.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521303583
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
The Gunpowder Epic is one of three planned publications on military technology within Dr Needham's immense undertaking. The discovery of gunpowder in China by the 9th century AD was followed by its rapid applications. It is now clear that the whole development from bombs and grenades to the invention of the metal-barrel hand gun took place in the Chinese culture area before Europeans had any knowledge of the mixture itself. Uses in civil engineering and mechanical engineering were equally important, before the knowledge of gunpowder spread to Europe in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Dr Needham's new work continues to demonstrate the major importance of Chinese science and technology to world history and maintains the tradition of one of the great scholarly works of the twentieth century.
Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 1, Introductory Orientations
Author: Joseph Needham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521057998
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dr Joseph Needham's account of the Chinese achievement in science and technology will stand as one of the great works of our time. It has been acclaimed by specialists in both East and West and also by readers with wider and more general interests. The text, based on research of a high critical quality, is supported by many hundreds of illustrations and is imbued with a warm appreciation of China. Volume I is an introductory volume, in which Dr Needham prepares his readers for the study of a whole human culture. He begins by examining the structure of the Chinese language; he reviews the geography of China and the long history of its people, and discusses the scientific contacts which have occurred throughout the centuries, between Europe and East Asia.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521057998
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dr Joseph Needham's account of the Chinese achievement in science and technology will stand as one of the great works of our time. It has been acclaimed by specialists in both East and West and also by readers with wider and more general interests. The text, based on research of a high critical quality, is supported by many hundreds of illustrations and is imbued with a warm appreciation of China. Volume I is an introductory volume, in which Dr Needham prepares his readers for the study of a whole human culture. He begins by examining the structure of the Chinese language; he reviews the geography of China and the long history of its people, and discusses the scientific contacts which have occurred throughout the centuries, between Europe and East Asia.