Half title of some vols. in Chinese characters: Zhongguo ke xue ji shu shi.
Science and Civilisation in China Volume 7 Part 1 is the first book in the final volume of this unique resource. The Chinese culture is the only culture in the world which has developed systematic logical definitions and reflections on its own and on the basis of a non-Indo-European language. Christ[...]
Revised, full-color illustrated edition of the multi-award-winning, international bestseller that charts the unparalleled and astounding achievement of ancient China
- Brings to life one hundred Chinese "firsts" in the fields of agriculture, astronomy, engineering, mathematics, medicine, music, [...]
En vinterkväll 1938 frågar Joseph Needham, en av Cambridges briljantaste och mest excentriska vetenskapsmän, sin kinesiska älskarinna hur hans namn skulle återges på kinesiska. Det blir början på en stor kärlekshistoria. En kärlekshistoria med landet Kina.
Needham kom till Kina [...]