
Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 4, Physics and Physical Technology, Part 3, Civil Engineering and Nautics
Physics and Phyusical Technology Part III: Civil Engineering and Nautics
Joseph Needham(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 1. April 1971
Book
Hardback
990 pages
978-0-521-07060-7 (ISBN)
Description
As Dr Needham's immense undertaking gathers momentum it has been found necessary to subdivide volumes into parts, each bound and published separately. 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.
Reviews / Votes
"[An] astonishing and enduring study...[Needham brings] depth of emotion and technical finesse to his task."Jonathan Spence, New York Review of Books "Perhaps the greatest single act of historical synthesis and intercultural communication ever attempted by one man."
Laurence Picken, Cambridge University
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 249 mm
Width: 193 mm
Thickness: 61 mm
Weight
2291 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-07060-7 (9780521070607)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
List of illustrations; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Author's note; 28. Civil engineering; 29. Nautical technology; Bibliographies; General index.