Dr Needham's fourth volume traces the development of physics and physical technology in ancient and medieval China. It is conveniently divided into three separate parts, the present volume, IV:1, dealing with physics as such, IV:2 with mechanical engineering and IV:3 with civil engineering and nautics.
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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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Jonathan Spence, New York Review of Books
"Perhaps the greatest single act of historical synthesis and intercultural communication ever attempted by one man."
Laurence Picken, Cambridge University
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Dr Needham's fourth volume traces the development of physics and physical technology in ancient and medieval China. It is conveniently divided into three separate parts, the present volume, IV:1, dealing with physics as such, IV:2 with mechanical engineering and IV:3 with civil engineering and nautics.
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THOUGH physics has often been regarded as the fundamental science, it was a branch of natural knowledge in which Chinese traditional culture was never strong. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Wang Chen-To, Shen Kua, Chhien Han Shu, Huai Nan Tzu, Great Bear, Chung Chen, Wang Chhung, Chuang Tzu, Huai Nan Wan Pi Shu, Shih Chhun Chhiu, Tso Chuan, Wang Chi, Middle Ages, Later Han, Newton Harvey, Sui Shu, Chin Shu, Hsin Shuo, Sung Shih, Than Chhiao, Lieh Tzu, Pao Phu Tzu, Ching Fang, Hou Han Shu, Khao Kung Chi New!
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THOUGH physics has often been regarded as the fundamental science, it was a branch of natural knowledge in which Chinese traditional culture was never strong. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Wang Chen-To, Shen Kua, Chhien Han Shu, Huai Nan Tzu, Great Bear, Chung Chen, Wang Chhung, Chuang Tzu, Huai Nan Wan Pi Shu, Shih Chhun Chhiu, Tso Chuan, Wang Chi, Middle Ages, Later Han, Newton Harvey, Sui Shu, Chin Shu, Hsin Shuo, Sung Shih, Than Chhiao, Lieh Tzu, Pao Phu Tzu, Ching Fang, Hou Han Shu, Khao Kung Chi New!
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- History of the Former Han Dynasty by Pan Ku in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Art of War: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Sun-tzu on page 14, and Back Matter
- Res Gestae Alexandri Macedonis: Translatae Ex Aesopo Graeco (Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (Latin Edition) by Julius Valerius on page 317
- Psychology and Religion: East and West by C. G. Jung in Back Matter
- The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides on page 126
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