Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 6, Biology and Biological Technology, Part 1, Botany - Couverture rigide

Needham, Joseph

 
9780521087315: Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 6, Biology and Biological Technology, Part 1, Botany
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0521087317 ISBN 13 : 9780521087315
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1986

Synopsis

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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Revue de presse

"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

"[An] astonishing and enduring study...[Needham brings] depth of emotion and technical finesse to his task."
Jonathan Spence, New York Review of Books

"Perhaps the greatest single act of historical synthesis and intercultural communication ever attempted by one man."
Laurence Picken, Cambridge University

Présentation de l'éditeur

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).

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1986
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521087317
ISBN 13 
9780521087315
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
756
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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