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The genius of China : 3,000 years of science, discovery, and invention / by Robert Temple ; introduction by Joseph Needham.
- Title
- The genius of China : 3,000 years of science, discovery, and invention / by Robert Temple ; introduction by Joseph Needham.
- Author
- Temple, Robert K. G.
- Publication
- London : Andre Deutsch, 2007.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Needham, Joseph, 1900-1995.
- Description
- 288 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map; 27 cm.
- Summary
- From the suspension bridge to the decimal system, China's contributions in engineering, medicine, maths, science, warfare, transportation and music helped inspire the West's agricultural and industrial revolutions. This title offers a look at the unparalleled achievements of ancient China later adopted by the West.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Includes index.
- Popularization of Joseph Needham's Science and civilisation in China.
- First published in Great Britain in 1986 by Patrick Stephens Ltd.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The West's debt to China -- Part 1. Agriculture -- Part 2. Astronomy and cartography -- Part 3. Engineering -- Part 4. Domestic and industrial technology -- Part 5. Medicine and health -- Part 6. Mathematics -- Part 7. Magnetism -- Part 8. The physical sciences -- Part 9. Transportation and exploration -- Part 10. Sound and music -- Part 11. Warfare -- Chinese dynasties -- General map of China -- Charts showing time lags between Chinese inventions and discoveries and their adoption or recognition by the West.
- ISBN
- 0233002022 (hbk.)
- 9780233002026 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 74966566
- SCSB-10193018
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library