| Description |
xxxvi, 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
M.I.T. East Asian science series ; 2 |
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M.I.T. East Asian science series ; v. 2
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M.I.T. East Asian science series ; 2
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| Contents |
The historian of science as ecumenical man: a meditation in the Shingon temple of Kongosammai-in on Koyasan, by J. Needham. -- Joseph Needham and the science of China, by D. J. de Solla Price. -- Joseph Needham, organic philosopher, by S. Nakayama. -- China, Europe, and the origins of modern science: Needham's the grand titration, by A. C. Graham. -- The Chinese concept of nature, by M. Yosida. -- Chinese astronomy: development and limiting factors, by K. Yabuuti. -- A systematic approach to the Mohist optics (ca. 300 B.C.), by A. C. Graham and N. Sivin. -- Elixir plants: the Chun-yang Lu Chen-jen yao shih chih (Pharmaceutical manual of the adept Lu Chun-yang), by Ho Peng Yoke, B. Lim, and F. Morsingh. -- Man as a medicine: pharmacological and ritual aspects of traditional therapy using drugs derived from the human body, by W. C. Cooper and N. Sivin. -- A neglected source for the early history of anesthesia in China and Japan, by S. Miyasita. -- An introductory bibliography of traditional Chinese science: books and articles in Western languages, by N. Sivin (p. [279]-314) |
| Analysis |
Science China, to c.1800 |
| Notes |
"Compiled in honor of the seventieth birthday of Joseph Needham, F.R.S., F.B.A." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Needham, Joseph, 1900-1995.
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Needham, Joseph
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Science -- China -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Festschriften.
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| Author |
Nakayama, Shigeru, 1928-2014, editor
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Needham, Joseph, 1900-1995.
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Sivin, Nathan, editor
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| LC no. |
72005577 |
| ISBN |
026214011X |
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