Science in Traditional China (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780674794399)

The world's preeminent authority on Chinese science explores the philosophy, social structure, arts, crafts, and even military strategies that form our understanding of Chinese science, making instructive comparisons along the way to similar elements of Indian, Hellenistic, and Arabic cultures. A major portion of the book concentrates on Taoist alchemy that led not only to the invention of gunpowder and firearms, but also, through the search for macrobiotic life-elixirs, to the rise of modern medical chemistry.

Author: Joseph Needham
ISBN-10: 0674794397
ISBN-13: 9780674794399
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1981
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 9.01h x 5.80w x 0.45d