Science in Traditional China

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
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 01/01/1981
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 9.01h x 5.80w x 0.45d
ISBN13: 9780674794399
ISBN10: 0674794397
BISAC Categories:
- Science | History