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Colin A. Ronan, Joseph Needham Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing), The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 4, 1994
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digesting The Main Sections Of Volume Iv Of Dr. Needham's Magnum Opus, This Book Is Concerned With The Immense Advances Made In Early And Medieval China In Mechanical Engineering. It Discusses In Simple But Eminently Readable Terms The Status Of Engineers, Their Tools And Materials, Then Basic Mechanical Principles, Followed By Machinery Powered By Animals, Man And Even By Steam, Vehicles For Land Transport, Six Centuries Of Hidden Clockwork, Windmills And Aeronautics. Since China Was Far Ahead Of The West In Ancient And Medieval Times, This Volume Helps Make Clear The Immense Debt Owed By Western Civilization To The Chinese. Such Debts Included The Important Mechanical Principles Of Transforming Rotary Motion To A To-and-fro Motion Of A Crank And Vice-versa. They Invented The First Efficient Harness For Horses And The First Mechanical Clocks.
new Scientist those Interested In The Development Of Technology And Science Have Found Much To Profit Them In Joseph Needham's Monumental History Of Science In China. The Abridged Volumes Of His Work Are Still Rich In Detail, Ably Produced By Colin Ronan With Needham...a Fascinating Book.
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The shorter 'Science and civilisation in China' : an abridgement of Joseph Needham's original text
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Shorter Science and Civilisation in China, The (Shorter Science and Civilisation in China)
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Joseph Needham, Colin A. Ronan
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Joseph Needham, 1900-1995
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Ronan, Colin A.
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Volume 2 contains Volume III and a section of Volume IV, Part I. of the major series, Cambridge ; New York, 1978-<1995>
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United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom
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Abridged Ed edition, June 24, 1994
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Cambridge, 1978-1994
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Abridged, FR, 1994
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Joseph Needham's Science and Civilisation in China is a monumental piece of scholarship which breaks new ground in presenting to the Western reader a detailed and coherent account of the development of science, technology and medicine in China from the earliest times until the advent of the Jesuits and the beginnings of modern science in the late seventeenth century. It is a vast work, necessarily more suited to the scholar and research worker than the general reader. This paperback version, abridged and re-written by Colin Ronan, makes this extremely important study accessible to a wider public. The present book covers the material treated in volumes I and II of Dr Needham's original work. The reader is introduced to the country of China, its history, geography and language, and an account is given of how scientific knowledge travelled between China and Europe. The major part of the book is then devoted to the history of scientific thought in China itself. Beginning with ancient times, it describes the milieu in which arose the schools of the Confucians, Taoists, Mohists, Logicians and Legalists. We are thus brought on to the fundamental ideas which dominated scientific thinking in the Chinese Middle Ages, to the doctrines of the Two Forces (Yin and Yang) and the Five Elements (wu hsing), to the impact of the sceptical tradition and Buddhist and Neo-Confucian thought.--Publisher description.
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This fifth volume of Colin Ronan's abridgement of Joseph Needham's monumental work is concerned with the staggering civil engineering feats made in early and medieval China. No other country did more in civil engineering, both as to scale and skill, than China. The book opens with an account of the road system, which compared with that of the Roman Empire. The Great Wall of China is covered in some detail within the social context of walls, which mark, more than any other structure, the basic features of the Chinese communities. The Chinese genius of town planning and achievements in building canals and in hydraulic engineering are covered in later chapters. This book concludes the abridgement of the Chinese engineering, and provides many clues as to the influence of Chinese innovation on Western engineering trends.
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Three previous volumes of this series by Colin Ronan are each available in hardback as well as paperback. Volume I introduces the reader to the country of China: its history, geography and language. The major part of this book is devoted to the history of scientific thought in China itself. In Volume II, the first section deals with mathematics, and this is followed by a section dealing with mathematics. Then follow sections on astronomy, meteorology and the earth sciences. The volume closes with a description of various aspects of Chinese physics. Volume III looks in some detail at one of the greatest contributions the Chinese made to physics - the discovery of the magnetic compass.
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This fifth volume of Colin Ronan's abridgement of Joseph Needham's monumental work is concerned with the staggering civil engineering feats made in early and medieval China. No other country did more, both as to scale and skill, than China. This book opens with an account of the road system, which compared and unfavourably with that of the Roman Empire.
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Today the history of science is becoming recognised as an integral part of the whole history of human civilisation; an essential ingredient in the development of human culture.
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Mechanical engineering in China reached a very high stage of development at a time when Western engineering was still in a comparatively primitive state.
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2023-04-23
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