9780804710787 - Science in Contemporary China (2 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Stanford University Press January 1980.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. xxxii, 599 pp. : illustrated ; 25 cm. ; ISBN: 0804710783 ; LCCN: 79-65178 ; OCLC: 7235226 ; LC: Q180.C6; Dewey: 509/.51; NAL: Q180.C6S33 ; Contents: Science in China's past / Nathan Sivin -- Science policy and organization / Richard P. Suttmeier -- Pure and applied mathematics / Saunders MacLane -- Physics / Nicolaas Bloembergen -- Technical note on high energy physics / L.C.L. Yuan -- Chemistry / John D. Baldeschwieler -- Astronomy / Leo Goldberg -- Geography / Clifton W. Pannell -- Earth S ciences / Edward C.T. Chao -- Meteorology / Richard J. Reed -- Fisheries, aquaculture, and oceanography -- Basic biomedical research / H.M. Temin -- Biomedical research : clinical and public health aspects / Myron E. Wegman -- Plant breeding and genetics / Jack R. Harlan -- Plant protection / Robert L. Metcalf & Arthur Kelman -- Animal sciences / Thomas B. Wiens -- Note on agricultural mechanization / Leo A. Orleans -- Engineering / Chang-Lin Tien -- Energy / Vaclav Smil -- Electronics / Bohda n O. Szuprowicz -- Environmental science / Baruch Boxer -- Social sciences -- Appendixes : Major speeches at the National Science Conference, March 18-24, 1978. Research institutes under the Chinese Academy of Science. Science and engineering Societies. Key institutions of higher education. Scientific and technical journals. ; "This is the first comprehensive survey of Chinese science since 1961, a collection of 28 papers by distinguished American scientists describing developments of the late 1970's in the natural and social sciences, and several areas of technology.The book begins with an account of the history of Chinese science and an analysis of science policy since 1949." ; blue cloth with silver lettering in blue and white dustjacket ; maps on endpapers ; one or two nicks to dustjacket, else FINE/VG. Book.