The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: An Abridgement of Joseph Needham's Original Text - Softcover

Ronan, Colin A.

 
9780521315364: The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: An Abridgement of Joseph Needham's Original Text
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521315360 ISBN 13: 9780521315364
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1985

Inhaltsangabe

In the second volume of his abridgement of Joseph Needham's original text, Colin Ronan looks in detail at the early Chinese contributions to various sciences. The first section deals with mathematics, and it is shown that the Chinese works were comparable with the pre-Renaissance achievements of the old world. This account is written with the non-mathematician in mind. The text is next concerned with the sciences of astronomy and meteorology, followed by the Earth sciences: geography, cartography, geology, seismology and mineralogy. Volume 2 closes with a description of some aspects of Chinese physics, including their predilection for the wave theory as opposed to particles, metrology, statics, hydrostatics, heat, light and sound.

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Verlag
Cambridge University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1985
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0521315360
ISBN 13 
9780521315364
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
472
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