Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 6, Biology and Biological Technology; Part 1, Botany (Hardcover)

by Joseph Needham (Author), Lu Gwei-Djen (Contributor), Huang Hsing-Tsung (Contributor) "'Botany', wrote the famous missionary S. Wells Williams in 1841, 'in the scientific sense of the word, is wholly unknown to the Chinese.'..." (more)
Key Phrases: pharmaceutical natural history, pin tshao, thorny limebush, Shen Nung, Hsi Han, Tshao Ching (more...)

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"Delve into Needham's delightful prose, and be awed with him at the wondrous things Chinese science and civilization have wrought." Michael T. Stieber, Huntia

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The sixth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth and fifth, is subdivided into parts for ease of presentation and assimilation, each part bound and published separately. The volume as a whole covers the subjects of biology and biological technology (which includes botany and agriculture, zoology, all aspects of medicine, and pharmaceutics).

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• Hardcover: 756 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (March 31, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521087317
• ISBN-13: 978-0521087315
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.1 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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