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English
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19

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Technology and civilization, Science and civilization, Science, Civilization, China, Intellectual life, Technology, History, Chemistry, Multicultural issues, China, history, China, civilization, Science and state, china, Technology, history, china, Physics, Food, microbiology, Fermentation, Science, china, Medicine, china, Wissenschaftliches Denken, Art et science militaires, Projectiles, Sièges (histoire), Sciences, Histoire, Technologie, Civilisation, Military art and science, Food industry and trade, Chinese Cooking, Tea, Soybean, Medical sciences, Biology, Technique, Technology - general & miscellaneous, History of science, Asia - civilization, Civilization - general & miscellaneous, Science - general & miscellaneous, Asian studies - east asia - china, General & miscellaneous chinese history, Long Now Manual for Civilization

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Cover of: Zhongguo ke xue ji shu shi
Zhongguo ke xue ji shu shi
1975, Zhong hua shu ju
in Chinese
Cover of: Science and Civilisation in China
Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 4, Physics and Physical Technology; Part 1, Physics
January 1, 1962, Cambridge University Press
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Science and civilisation in China
1954, University Press
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Table of Contents

v. 1. Introductory orientations.
v. 2. History of scientific thought.
v. 3. Mathematics and the sciences of the heavens and the earth.
v. 4. Physics and physical technology: pt. 1. Physics, with the collaboration of Wang Ling and the special co-operation of Kenneth Girdwood Robinson. pt. 2. Mechanical engineering. pt. 3. Civil engineering and nautics with the collaboration of Wang Ling and Lu Gwei-Djen.
v. 5. Chemistry and chemical technology: pt. 1. Paper and printing / by Tsien Tsuen-hsuin. pt. 2. Spagyrical discovery and invention: magisteries of gold and immortality, with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-Djen. pt. 3. Spagyrical discovery and invention: historical survey, from cinnabar elixirs to synthetic insulin. pt. 4. Spagyrical discovery and invention: apparatus, theories, and gifts. pt. 5. Spagyrical discovery and invention : physiological alchemy / with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-Djen. pt. 6. Military technology, missiles and sieges. pt. 7. Military technology, the gunpowder epic. pt. 9. Textile technology, spinning and reeling / by Dieter Kuhn. pt. 12. Ceramic technology / by Rose Kerr and Nigel Wood. pt. 13. Mining / by Peter J. Golas.
v. 6. Biology and biological technology. pt. 1. Botany. pt. 2. Agriculture / by Francesca Bray. pt. 3. Agro-industries and forestry / by Christian Daniels, Nicholas K. Menzies. pt. 5. Fermentations and food science / by H.T. Huang. pt. 6. Medicine
v. 7. Language and logic / by Christoph Harbsmeier. pt. 1-

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Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Half title of v. 5, pt. 6, 9, 13, v. 6, pt. 3, v. 7, pt. 1 in Chinese characters: Zhongguo ke xue ji shu shi.

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Zhongguo ke xue ji shu shi.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
509.51
Library of Congress
DS721 .N39, DS721 .N39 v. 5 pt. 6, DS721 .N39 v. 6 pt. 5

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Pagination
<v. 1-4; v. 5, pts. 1-7, 9, 13; v. 6, pts. 1-3, 6; v. 7, pt. l in 19 >
Number of pages
19

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OL6152074M
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052132727X, 0521652707
LCCN
54004723
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38091229, 52560278
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2240849
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1651226
2564817

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