1st Edition
The Grand Titration Science and Society in East and West
By Joseph Needham
Copyright 2005
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1969. The historical civilization of China is, with the Indian and European-Semitic, one of the three greatest in the world, yet only relatively recently has any enquiry been begun into its achievements in science and technology. Between the first and fifteenth centuries the Chinese were generally far in advance of Europe and it was not until the scientific revolution of the... Read more
Introduction page, I. Poverties and Triumphs of the Chinese Scientific Tradition, 2. Science and China's Influence on the World, 3· On Science and Social Change, 4· Science and Society in Ancient China, 5· Thoughts on the Social Relations of Science and Technology in China, 6. Science and Society in East and West, 7· Time and Eastern Man, 8. Human Law and the Laws of Nature, CHRONOLOGY OF CHINA, INDEX, PLATES
Biography
Joseph Needham
