The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: The main sections of vol. 4, pt. 2 of the major series
Author : Joseph Needham
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Page : pages
File Size : 22,73 MB
Release : 1978
Category : China
ISBN :
Author : Joseph Needham
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 22,73 MB
Release : 1978
Category : China
ISBN :
Author : Joseph Needham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 21,89 MB
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521467735
This fifth volume abridgement of Joseph Needham's monumental work is concerned with the staggering civil engineering feats made in early and medieval China.
Author : Joseph Needham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 15,42 MB
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521292863
Volumes I and II of the major series: China: its language, geography and history ; Chinese philosophy and scientific thought.
Author : Joseph Needham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 990 pages
File Size : 40,19 MB
Release : 1971-04-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780521070607
As Dr Needham's immense undertaking gathers momentum it has been found necessary to subdivide volumes into parts, each bound and published separately. The first two parts of Volume IV deal respectively with the physical sciences and with the diverse applications of physics in the many branches of mechanical engineering. The third deals with civil and hydraulic engineering and with nautical technology.
Author : Joseph Needham
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 42,22 MB
Release : 1978
Category : China
ISBN :
Author : Joseph Needham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 34,86 MB
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521315364
Volume 2 contains Volume III and a section of Volume IV, Part 1 of the major series: Mathematics, Astronomy, Meteorology, Geography & map-making, Geology & related sciences, Physics (excluding electricity & magnetism).
Author : Colin A. Ronan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 33,27 MB
Release : 1985-06-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780521315364
In the second volume of his abridgement of Joseph Needham's original text, Colin Ronan looks in detail at the early Chinese contributions to various sciences. The first section deals with mathematics, and it is shown that the Chinese works were comparable with the pre-Renaissance achievements of the old world. This account is written with the non-mathematician in mind. The text is next concerned with the sciences of astronomy and meteorology, followed by the Earth sciences: geography, cartography, geology, seismology and mineralogy. Volume 2 closes with a description of some aspects of Chinese physics, including their predilection for the wave theory as opposed to particles, metrology, statics, hydrostatics, heat, light and sound.
Author : Joseph Needham
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Page : pages
File Size : 46,54 MB
Release : 1978
Category : China
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Author : Colin A. Ronan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,51 MB
Release : 1995-09-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780521462143
This fifth volume of Colin Ronan's abridgement of Joseph Needham's monumental work is concerned with the remarkable engineering feats made during the early and medieval periods. No other country did more in civil engineering, both as to scale and skill, than China. The book opens with an account of the road system, which compared favorably with that of the Roman Empire. Naturally, the Great Wall of China is covered in some detail within the social context of walls, which--more than any other structure--mark the basic features of Chinese communities. The Chinese genius for town planning and achievements in hydraulic engineering are covered in later chapters. This book provides many clues as to the influence of Chinese innovation on Western engineering trends and will fascinate readers who are interested in the history of science and Chinese civilization.
Author : Joseph Needham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1022 pages
File Size : 39,30 MB
Release : 1965-01-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521058032
As Dr Needham's immense undertaking gathers momentum it has been found necessary to subdivide volumes into parts, each to be bound and published separately. The first part of Volume 4, already published, deals with the physical sciences; the second with the diverse applications of physics in the many branches of mechanical engineering; and the third will deal with civil and hydraulic engineering and nautical technology. With this part of Volume 4, then, we come to the application by the Chinese of physical principles in the control of forces and in the use of power; we cross the frontier separating tools from the machine. We have already noticed that the ancient Chinese concept of chhi (somewhat similar to the pneuma of the Greeks) asserted itself prominently in acoustics; but we discover here that the Chinese tendency to think pneumatically was also responsible for a whole range of brilliant technological achievements, for example, the double-acting piston-bellows, the rotary winnowing-fan, and the water-powered metallurgical blowing-machine (ancestor of the steam-engine); as well as for some extraordinary insights and predictions in aeronautics.