The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of assimilation and presentation, each part bound and published separately. The volume as a whole covers the subjects of alchemy, early chemistry, and chemical technology (which includes military invention, especially gunpowder and rockets; paper and printing; textiles; mining and metallurgy; the salt industry; and ceramics).
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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."
Laurence Picken, Cambridge University
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Comprehensive historical account of the production and use of iron and steel in China in their political and economic context. The technology that came originally from the West was transformed in China to a large-scale concentrated industry whose relations with the state were a major factor in Chinese history.
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metallous enchymoma, anablastemic enchymoma, chhiu shih, medicinal entity, physiological alchemists, nei tan alchemy, primary chhi, physiological alchemy, nei tan texts, regenerative enchymoma, metallous fluid, primary shen, primary vitalities, nei tan theory, enchymoma manuals, coitus thesauratus, metallous radiance, nei tan adepts, nei tan tradition, tan thien, wai tan alchemy, pharmaceutical natural history, alchemical elaboratory, allegorical alchemy, autumn mineral Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Chin Tan Ta Yao, Pao Phu Tzu, Tao Tsang, Yellow Court, Chin Hua Tsung Chih, Tshan Thung Chhi, Chhen Kuo-Fu, Hsiu Chen Shih Shu, Chen Yin, Lao Tzu, Immaculate Girl, Yen Lo Tzu, Chang Po-Tuan, Sun I-Khuei, Chi Chi, Hua Tho, Thai Chi, Book of Changes, Chuang Tzu, Hui Ming Ching, Later Han, South India, Yao Ching, Chhih Shui, Great Work New!
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