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Science and Civilisation in China

Volume 5. Chemistry and Chemical Technology

Part 5. Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Physiological Alchemy

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Author: Joseph Needham

Date Published: September 1983
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format: Hardback
isbn: 9780521085748

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The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of assimilation and presentation, each part bound and published separately. The volume as a whole covers the subjects of alchemy, early chemistry, and chemical technology (which includes military invention, especially gunpowder and rockets; paper and printing; textiles; mining and metallurgy; the salt industry; and ceramics).
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"[An] astonishing and enduring study...[Needham brings] depth of emotion and technical finesse to his task."
Jonathan Spence, New York Review of Books
"Perhaps the greatest single act of historical synthesis and intercultural communication ever attempted by one man."
Laurence Picken, Cambridge University
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Product details
- Date Published: September 1983
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521085748
- length: 608 pages
- dimensions: 255 x 197 x 40 mm
- weight: 1.346kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
List of tables
List of abbreviations
Author's note
33. Alchemy and chemistry (continued)
Bibliographies
General Index.
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Joseph Needham