An edition of Chinese science; explorations of an ancient tradition (1973)

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MIT Press
Language
English
Pages
334

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Subjects

Science Addresses, essays, lectures History Science, history Science, china

Places

China
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1973, MIT Press
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Table of Contents

The historian of science as ecumenical man: a meditation in the Shingon temple of Kongōsammai-in on Kōyasan, by J. Needham.
Joseph Needham and the science of China, by D. J. de Solla Price.
Joseph Needham, organic philosopher, by S. Nakayama.
China, Europe, and the origins of modern science: Needham's the grand titration, by A. C. Graham.
The Chinese concept of nature, by M. Yosida.
Chinese astronomy: development and limiting factors, by K. Yabuuti.
A systematic approach to the Mohist optics (ca. 300 B.C.), by A. C. Graham and N. Sivin.
Elixir plants: the Chʼun-yang Lü Chen-jen yao shih chih (Pharmaceutical manual of the adept Lü Chʼun-yang), by Ho Peng Yoke, B. Lim, and F. Morsingh.
Man as a medicine: pharmacological and ritual aspects of traditional therapy using drugs derived from the human body, by W. C. Cooper and N. Sivin.
A neglected source for the early history of anesthesia in China and Japan, by S. Miyasita.
An introductory bibliography of traditional Chinese science: books and articles in Western languages, by N. Sivin (p. [279]-314)

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.
"Compiled in honor of the seventieth birthday of Joseph Needham, F.R.S., F.B.A."

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Cambridge
Series
M.I.T. East Asian science series,, v. 2

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
509/.51
Library of Congress
Q127.C5 C555, Q127.C5

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxvi, 334 p.
Number of pages
334

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL5286487M
Internet Archive
chinesescienceex0000unse
ISBN 10
026214011X
LCCN
72005577
OCLC/WorldCat
354284
LibraryThing
2362177

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OL18303154W

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