International standard book number
0521058015
Shelfmark
CS.1306.3
Author
Title
Science and civilisation in China by Joseph Needham... With the collaboration of Wang Ling... Volume 3 Mathematics and the sciences of the heavens and the earth.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1979.
Physical description
xlvii, 877p ; 24cm.
Series statement
(Science and civilisation in China Vol. 3)
Note
Sections 19-25 of Science and civilisation in China.
Note
Includes errata to v.1 and v.2.
Note
Includes bibliographies.
Formatted contents note
Contents: List of illustrations List of tables; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Author's note; 19. Mathematics; 20. Astronomy; 21. Meteorology; 22. The Sciences of the Earth; 23. Geography and cartography; 24. Geology (and related sciences); 25. Seismology; 26. Mineralogy; Addenda; Bibliographies; General index.
Provenance
Given to Eton by Nicholas Kessler.
Binding
Hardback.
Subject
Science and civilization.
Subject
Science History China.
Subject
Technology History China.
Subject
Learning and scholarship China.
Subject
Mathematics History China.
Subject
Astronomy History China.
Subject
China Civilization.
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Mathematics and the sciences of the heavens and the earth
Added entry--place
England Cambridge.
Identifier
B18930