Science and Civilisation in China
Part 3. Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin
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- Author: Joseph Needham
- Date Published: May 1976
- availability: In stock
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521210287
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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).
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- Date Published: May 1976
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521210287
- length: 516 pages
- dimensions: 255 x 197 x 39 mm
- weight: 1.355kg
- availability: In stock
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