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. The volume as a whole covers the subjects of alchemy, early chemistry, and chemical technology (which includes military invention, especially gunpowder and rockets; paper and printing; textiles; mining and metallurgy; the salt industry; and ceramics).
Product details
Publisher : Cambridge University Press; Illustrated edition (Aug. 11 1983)
Language : English
Hardcover : 608 pages
ISBN-10 : 0521085748
ISBN-13 : 978-0521085748
Item weight : 1.5 kg
Dimensions : 20.32 x 4.45 x 26.04 cm
Best Sellers Rank: #687,783 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#1,910 in Chinese History (Books)
#2,034 in History of Technology
#2,380 in History of Science
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