Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 3, Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth 1

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Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 3, Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth

Name: Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 3, Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth
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Author: Joseph Needham
ISBN: 9780521058018

Joseph Needham

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926 sidor
1959

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.

Författare: Joseph Needham
Format: Inbunden
ISBN: 9780521058018
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 926
Utgivningsdatum: 1959-01-01
Förlag: Cambridge University Press