After two volumes mainly introductory, Dr Needham now embarks upon his systematic study of the development of the natural sciences in China. The Sciences of the Earth follow: geography and cartography, geology, seismology and mineralogy. Dr Needham distinguishes parallel traditions of scientific cartography and religious cosmography in East and West, discussing orbocentric wheel-maps, the origins of the rectangular grid system, sailing charts and relief maps, Chinese survey methods, and the impact of Renaissance cartography ...
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After two volumes mainly introductory, Dr Needham now embarks upon his systematic study of the development of the natural sciences in China. The Sciences of the Earth follow: geography and cartography, geology, seismology and mineralogy. Dr Needham distinguishes parallel traditions of scientific cartography and religious cosmography in East and West, discussing orbocentric wheel-maps, the origins of the rectangular grid system, sailing charts and relief maps, Chinese survey methods, and the impact of Renaissance cartography on the East. Finally-and here Dr Needham's work has no Western predecessors-there are full accounts of the Chinese contribution to geology and mineralogy.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. A very good copy of the first edition, 3rd printing (1972) in jacket (jacket price-clipped, minor bumping and wear to edges).
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Address stamp in English and Chinese to top edge, name and address in English and Chinese inside, small ink notes on about 20 pages in the Astronomy section, else very good clean & sound condition in a very good dust jacket. Size: large 8vo, 877pp. NOTE: This is a 1970 Chinese reprint.
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Good. 1959. Hardcover. Decorated cloth, no dj. Quarto. xlvii & 877 pp. Ex-Library with markings and labels. Mild shelf wear to boards. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Front binding starting. Contents very sound. Good. (Subject: History of Science).
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New. Series: Science and Civilisation in China. Num Pages: 926 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 67. Weight in Grams: 2350. 1959. Illustrated. hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
