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Nathan Sivin
The Contemporary atlas of China
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13 editions published between 1988 and 1989 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,556 libraries worldwide Contains maps and information on the geographical regions, history, society, and culture of China.
Chinese science; explorations of an ancient tradition
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4 editions published in 1973 in English and held by 762 libraries worldwide
The way and the word : science and medicine in early China and Greece
by G. E. R Lloyd
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10 editions published between 2002 and 2004 in English and held by 660 libraries worldwide
Chinese alchemy: preliminary studies
by Nathan Sivin
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6 editions published in 1968 in English and held by 551 libraries worldwide
Granting the Seasons the Chinese astronomical reform of 1280, with a study of its many dimensions and a translation of its records : 授時暦叢考
by Nathan Sivin
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7 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 327 libraries worldwide China's most sophisticated system of computational astronomy was created for a Mongol emperor who could neither read nor write Chinese, to celebrate victory over China after forty years of devastating war. This book explains how and why, and reconstructs the observatory and the science that made it possible.
Medicine, philosophy and religion in ancient China : researches and reflections
by Nathan Sivin
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4 editions published between 1995 and 1999 in English and held by 277 libraries worldwide
Science in ancient China : researches and reflections
by Nathan Sivin
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8 editions published between 1995 and 2000 in English and held by 262 libraries worldwide
Science and technology in East Asia
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5 editions published in 1977 in English and held by 254 libraries worldwide
Traditional medicine in contemporary China : a partial translation of Revised outline of Chinese medicine (1972) : with an introductory study on change in present day and early medicine
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1 edition published in 1987 in English and held by 194 libraries worldwide
Science and civilisation in China Vol. 6. Pt. 6, Biology and biological technology. Medicine
by Joseph Needham
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25 editions published between 1980 and 2004 in English and held by 188 libraries worldwide The latest volume in Joseph Needham's magisterial revelation of China's premodern and technological traditions introduces medicine. Five essays are included by Joseph Needham and Lu Gwei-djen, edited and expanded upon by the editor, Nathan Sivin. Professor Sivin's introduction discusses the essays and surveys recent scholarship across the world.
Science and medicine in twentieth-century China : research and education
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4 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 182 libraries worldwide
Cosmos and computation in early Chinese mathematical astronomy
by Nathan Sivin
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6 editions published between 1967 and 1969 in English and held by 118 libraries worldwide
The contemporary atlas of china, edited by f. wood
by Nathan SIVIN
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1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 42 libraries worldwide
Bildatlas China : Geographie, Kultur, Politik, Wirtschaft
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2 editions published in 1989 in German and English and held by 36 libraries worldwide
Granting the seasons the Chinese astronomical reform of 1280, with a study of its many dimensions and a translation of its records
by Nathan Sivin
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6 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and held by 32 libraries worldwide
Spagyrical discovery and invention = apparatus, theories and gifts
by Joseph Needham
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2 editions published between 1980 and 1992 in English and held by 28 libraries worldwide
Biology and biologicial technology. Pt. VI Medicine
by Joseph Needham
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1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 25 libraries worldwide
Découverte de la Chine
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2 editions published in 1989 in Undetermined and French and held by 22 libraries worldwide Les régions, l'histoire, la société, la culture, l'économie, l'industrie, etc
De geïllustreerde atlas van China : land, geschiedenis, cultuur en de ontwikkeling van het moderne China : met kaarten van heel China op schaal 1:4.000.000
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1 edition published in 1989 in Dutch and held by 18 libraries worldwide more
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Sivin, N.
Sivin, N. 1931-
Sivin, N. (Nathan)
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