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LEADER: 01579cam 22003738a 4500
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003 OCoLC
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100 1 $aBeshore, George.
245 10 $aScience in Ancient China.
260 $aNew York :$bWatts ;$aBath :$bChivers,$c2000.
300 $a64 p. :$bcol. ill. ;$c24 cm.
500 $aOriginally published: 1998.
505 0 $aWonders of Ancient Chinese science -- Secrets of alchemy -- Medicine in Ancient China -- Searching the skies -- Math in ancient China -- Our debt to China.
520 $a"Science finds its origins in the world's earliest civilizations. Between 2,500 and 500 years ago, the Chinese knew more about science and technology than any other culture. Their knowledge of compasses and calenders, antiseptics and eclipses, acupuncture and gunpowder has had a tremendous impact on the scientific advances made throught the world during the last few centuries" --Cover, p. 4.
650 0 $aScience$zChina$xHistory$vJuvenile literature.
830 0 $aScience of the past.
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948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN PMR - 44 OTHER HOLDINGS