After two volumes mainly introductory, Dr Needham now embarks upon his systematic study of the development of the natural sciences in China. The Sciences of the Earth follow: geography and cartography, geology, seismology and mineralogy. Dr Needham distinguishes parallel traditions of scientific cartography and religious cosmography in East and West, discussing orbocentric wheel-maps, the origins of the rectangular grid system, sailing charts and relief maps, Chinese survey methods, and the impact of Renaissance cartography on the East. Finally-and here Dr Needham's work has no Western predecessors-there are full accounts of the Chinese contribution to geology and mineralogy.
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hardcover. Zustand: GOOD. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: NONE. 877 clean, unmarked, tight pages; pale spotting on first and last few pages; soiling on outer edges of textblock; cover is clean and sturdy with light corner wear; no dust jacket; May require extra shipping outside the U.S. Artikel-Nr. 105553D
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Reprint. Volume 3 only. Black and white maps and illustrations including two large folding at rear, xlvii + 877pp, bibliographies, index. 24 x 17.5cm. Edges, preliminary leaves and dustjacket lightly browned, a very good copy this Taiwanese reprint. The Taiwanese reprints of Needham's classic work are printed on lower quality paper than the Cambridge University Press editions and the illustrations can on occasion be a little lighter or blurred. Still a good copy at a very reasonable price. Artikel-Nr. 223956
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Cambridge London New York Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, (1979). First Edition, Fifth Printing. 10 x 7.5". xlvii,877pp, Index, Bibliography. 227 illustrations, 20 tables. Black cloth back & illustrated cloth boards in shades of gray. Near fine (brief, light soiling to edges of text block);, dj very good (edges slightly worn, few small holes in spine panel). ISBN 0521058015; 227 illustrations, 20 tables; 10 x 7.5 inches; 877 pages. Artikel-Nr. 3495
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