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SCIENCE AND CIVILISATION IN CHINA: VOLUME 5, CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, PART 5, SPAGYRICAL DISCOVERY AND INVENTION: PHYSIOLOGICAL ALCHEMY
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1 |
| By: |
Joseph Needham |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£230.00 |
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£201.25 |
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£28.75 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0521085748 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780521085748 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
11 August, 1983 |
| Series: |
Science and Civilisation in China |
| Pages: |
608 |
| Synopsis: |
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). |
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illustrations, bibliography, index |
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Returnable |
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