The Gunpowder Epic is one of three planned publications on military technology within Dr Needham's immense undertaking. The discovery of gunpowder in China by the 9th century AD was followed by its rapid applications. It is now clear that the whole development from bombs and grenades to the invention of the metal-barrel hand gun took place in the Chinese culture area before Europeans had any knowledge of the mixture itself. Uses in civil engineering and mechanical engineering were equally important, before the knowledge of gunpowder spread to Europe in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Dr Needham's new work continues to demonstrate the major importance of Chinese science and technology to world history and maintains the tradition of one of the great scholarly works of the twentieth century.
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"[An] astonishing and enduring study...[Needham brings] depth of emotion and technical finesse to his task."
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This is the final volume of Needham's magnum opus. It concludes with an imaginary dialogue between Needham and one of the editors against the background of his funeral. It truly touched me. Needham was certainly a great man, a true mensch, and this is his farewell to the world.
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military compendia, phu hsiao, tun phao, huo chhiang, huo chhiu, huo phao, huo chien, wan khou, mang hsiao, pien chien, poison gunpowder, moxa tinder, fierce fire oil, photolitho reproduction, gunpowder compositions, shen chhi, arsenals administration, counterweighted trebuchet, gunpowder formula, gunpowder epic, rocket composition, thunderclap bombs, gunpowder arrows, military encyclopaedia, huo yao Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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military compendia, phu hsiao, tun phao, huo chhiang, huo chhiu, huo phao, huo chien, wan khou, mang hsiao, pien chien, poison gunpowder, moxa tinder, fierce fire oil, photolitho reproduction, gunpowder compositions, shen chhi, arsenals administration, counterweighted trebuchet, gunpowder formula, gunpowder epic, rocket composition, thunderclap bombs, gunpowder arrows, military encyclopaedia, huo yao Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Huo Lung Ching, Greek Fire, Pei Chih, Ming Shih, Huo Chhi Thu, Roger Bacon, Chin Tartars, Fire-Drake Manual, Sung Shih, Jurchen Chin, Walter de Milamete, Huo Kung Pei Yao, Chu Yuan-Chang, Thai Tsu, Tower of London Armouries, Chhi Chi-Kuang, Sung Ying-Hsing, Chin Shih, Lien Ping Shih Chi, Middle Ages, Old World, Schall von Bell, Marcus Graecus, Yuan Shih, Shen Chhi Phu New!
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