Dr Joseph Needham's account of the Chinese achievement in science and technology will stand as one of the great works of our time. It has been acclaimed by specialists in both East and West and also by readers with wider and more general interests. The text, based on research of a high critical quality, is supported by many hundreds of illustrations and is imbued with a warm appreciation of China. Volume I is an introductory volume, in which Dr Needham prepares his readers for the study of a whole human culture. He begins by examining the structure of the Chinese language; he reviews the geography of China and the long history of its people, and discusses the scientific contacts which have occurred throughout the centuries, between Europe and East Asia.
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"[An] astonishing and enduring study...[Needham brings] depth of emotion and technical finesse to his task."
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"Perhaps the greatest single act of historical synthesis and intercultural communication ever attempted by one man."
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"Perhaps the greatest single act of historical synthesis and intercultural communication ever attempted by one man."
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Almost impossible to comprehend the supreme genius and the mind of Joseph Needham. His concepts of biochemistry were far far ahead of his time: cellular organization. integrative levels, and other vast concepts. To learn Chinese in middle age, study it exhaustively and publish the definitive history of Chinese science. Think of it! His biology rules today. His philosophy and mysticism likewise. History is not yet over.....maybe, but mind survives. Donald Macdonald
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- Three Kingdoms (Chinese Classics, Classic Novel in 4-Volumes) by Luo Guanzhong on page 40, page 105, and Back Matter
- Introduction to the History of Science (3 Vols. in 5) by George Sarton on page 7, page 42, and Back Matter
- A History of Chinese Philosophy (2 Volume Set) by Yu-Lan Feng in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Thousand Buddhas by Aurel Stein in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Living Through History: Core Book 1 (Bk. 1) by Rees Kelly in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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