Science and Civilisation in China

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Science and Civilisation in China is a monumental multi-volume work that systematically documents and analyzes the history of Chinese science, technology, and civilization and their global significance.

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instanceOf book series ⓘ
history of science work ⓘ
non-fiction work ⓘ
academicDiscipline Sinology ⓘ
linked to: Oriental studies

history of technology ⓘ
aimsTo analyze the development of Chinese civilization ⓘ
document Chinese contributions to science and technology ⓘ
associatedInstitution Joseph Needham Research Institute ⓘ
author Joseph Needham ⓘ
coAuthor Christopher Cullen ⓘ
Clifford J. Choong ⓘ
Colin A. Ronan ⓘ
Dietrich Lohrmann ⓘ
Francesca Bray ⓘ
Ho Ping-Yü ⓘ
Joseph Needham Research Institute staff ⓘ
Kenneth Girdwood Robinson ⓘ
Lu Gwei-djen ⓘ
Rose Kerr ⓘ
Wang Ling ⓘ
countryOfPublication United Kingdom ⓘ
editor Joseph Needham ⓘ
emphasizes global significance of Chinese science and technology ⓘ
firstVolumePublicationYear 1954 ⓘ
focusesOn China ⓘ
hasPart Volume 1: Introductory Orientations ⓘ
Volume 2: History of Scientific Thought ⓘ
Volume 3: Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth ⓘ
Volume 4: Physics and Physical Technology ⓘ
Volume 5: Chemistry and Chemical Technology ⓘ
Volume 6: Biology and Biological Technology ⓘ
Volume 7: The Social Background ⓘ
influenced global historiography of science ⓘ
perceptions of Chinese scientific achievement ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterEditor Christopher Cullen ⓘ
Francesca Bray ⓘ
Lu Gwei-djen ⓘ
Mark Elvin ⓘ
mainSubject Chinese civilization ⓘ
history of Chinese science ⓘ
history of Chinese technology ⓘ
history of science ⓘ
methodology interdisciplinary ⓘ
notableFor scope and detail ⓘ
systematic treatment of Chinese science and technology ⓘ
placeOfPublication Cambridge ⓘ
linked to: CAMBRIDGE
publicationPeriod 20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ
publisher Cambridge University Press ⓘ
usesSources Chinese primary texts ⓘ
archaeological evidence ⓘ
volumeCount multiple volumes ⓘ

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