Science in Traditional China - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674794399ISBN-10:674794397UPC:9780674794399Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:HistorySize:9.01 x 5.80 x 0.45 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCTPX5ZW5Q
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, making instructive comparisons along the way to similar elements of Indian, Hellenistic, and Arabic cultures. A major portion of the book concentrates on Taoist alchemy that led not only to the invention of gunpowder and firearms, but also, through the search for macrobiotic life-elixirs, to the rise of modern medical chemistry.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674794399ISBN-10:674794397UPC:9780674794399Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:HistorySize:9.01 x 5.80 x 0.45 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCTPX5ZW5Q
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