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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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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Add this copy of Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5: Chemistry to cart. $82.00, like new condition, Sold by Zed Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Cambridge University Press.
Add this copy of Science and Civilisation in China: Chemistry and to cart. $56.60, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1974 by Cambridge University Press.
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Volume 5.2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 850grams, ISBN: 0521085713.
Add this copy of Science and Civilisation in China (Volume 5.2) to cart. $59.05, fair condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1974 by Cambridge University Press.
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Volume 5.2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1400grams, ISBN: 0521085713.
Add this copy of Science and Civilisation [Civilization] in China Volume to cart. $157.00, very good condition, Sold by Walkabout Books, ABAA rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chehalis, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1974 by Cambridge University Press.
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Near fine in very good jacket. Complete set of Volume IV, in three physical books. Parts 1 and 2 are later printings (1972, 1974), Part 3 is a first printing (1971). All three volumes tightly bound and unmarked, with light shelf wear to boards. All three in clean, price-clipped dust jackets with some rubbing and creasing at corners and spine ends. "Science and Civilisation in China is recognised as one of the most remarkable works of scholarship in the twentieth century. Originally proposed as a single volume of 600 to 800 pages, the project now encompasses seventeen books published under the direct supervision of Joseph Needham, from the first volume which appeared in 1954, through to volume 6.3 which was in press at the time of his death in 1995. [These] volumes reflect Needham's vision of the field of the history of science and its social background in China, and his aim to make Chinese achievements in science and technology better understood....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" (Cambridge University Press description). Due to weight, additional shipping charges will apply for priority or international orders.
Add this copy of Science and Civilisation in China to cart. $361.28, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 1974 by Cambridge University Press.
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New. Print on demand Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 600 p. Contains: Unspecified, Illustrations, black & white, Line drawings, black & white, Tables, black & white, Maps. Science and Civilisation in China.
Add this copy of Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 4 Physics and to cart. $57.00, good condition, Sold by The Bookseller rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Edmonton, AB, CANADA, published 1965 by Cambridge Univ Pr.
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Good. Book Ex-lib. A little edge wear and rubbing to decorative cloth hardcover. Library label near bottom of spine. Library stamps on fly leaf and title page. Light stamps on top, bottom and fore edge of text block. Labels on rear end papers. Otherwise a solid, unmarked volume. Index. lv, 759 pp.
Add this copy of Science and Civilisation in China (Volume 4, Part 1, to cart. $41.91, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1962 by Cambridge University Press.
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Volume 4, Part 1, Section 26. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1350grams, ISBN:
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