Science and Civilisation in China, Part 3, Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin

(Book #5.3 in the Science and Civilisation in China Series)

By Joseph Needham

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The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of presentation and assimilation, each part bound and published separately. The volume as a whole covers the subjects of alchemy, early chemistry, and chemical technology (which includes military invention, especially gunpowder; paper and printing; textiles; mining and metallurgy; the salt industry; and ceramics).

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0521210283

ISBN13:9780521210287

Release Date:July 1976

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:516 Pages

Weight:2.70 lbs.

Dimensions:1.5" x 7.7" x 9.7"

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Science and Civilisation in China, Part 3, Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin

(Book #5.3 in the Science and Civilisation in China Series)

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