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Within the Four Seas
First published in 1969. Contains some of Joseph Needham's most significant essays, lectures and broadcasts on the history of Chinese science, technology and culture. Also included …
Science in Traditional China
The world's preeminent authority on Chinese science explores the philosophy, social structure, arts, crafts, and even military strategies that form our understanding of Chinese …
Science and Society in Ancient China
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the …
Teilhard de Chardin and Eastern Religions
An in-depth examination of Teilhard de Chardin’s knowledge of the Middle and Far East, especially China, his comments on eastern religions, and his comparative reflections on …
Celestial Lancets
Using modern knowledge to shed light on ancient techniques, this text examines two of the earliest therapeutic techniques of Chinese medicine: acupuncture and moxibustion. …
Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 1, Introductory Orientations
Dr Joseph Needham's account of the Chinese achievement in science and technology will stand as one of the great works of our time. It has been acclaimed by specialists in both East …
Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 2, Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Magisteries of Gold and Immortality
The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of assimilation and presentation, each part bound and published separately. …
Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 4, Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Apparatus, Theories and Gifts
The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of assimilation and presentation, each part bound and published separately. …
Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 7, The Social Background, Part 2, General Conclusions and Reflections
It would be difficult to overstate the importance of Joseph Needham's Science and Civilisation in China series. For nearly fifty years, Needham and his collaborators have revealed …
Owen D. Young and American Enterprise
A large-scale biography of a major figure in American enterprise, the man who built General Electric and founded the Radio Corporation of America.Owen D. Young belonged to a unique …
A History of Embryology
First published in 1959 as the second edition of a 1934 original, this book describes the Western history of embryology from prehistoric concepts of foetal growth through …