Needham, Joseph 1900-1995

Science and civilisation in China by Joseph Needham ( Book )
497 editions published between 1951 and 2008 in 6 languages and held by 1,907 libraries worldwide
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Science, religion and reality by Joseph Needham ( Book )
21 editions published between 1925 and 2003 in English and held by 1,077 libraries worldwide

The Chemistry of life; eight lectures on the history of biochemistry ( Book )
11 editions published between 1970 and 2008 in English and held by 1,037 libraries worldwide
This assembly of lectures, each on a major aspect of the development of biochemistry, should appeal to anyone with an interest in the history of science and the nature of living things. Seven of the eight lectures are by eminent biochemists and describe the development of their own subject from the inside; the eighth is a more general one by a professional historian of science. They contain a good deal of information not readily available elsewhere and do not require a special knowledge of biochemistry. The lectures were originally....

The shorter Science and civilisation in China : an abridgement of Joseph Needham's original text by Joseph Needham ( Book )
49 editions published between 1970 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 942 libraries worldwide
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.

Science in traditional China : a comparative perspective by Joseph Needham ( Book )
21 editions published between 1979 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 869 libraries worldwide

A history of embryology by Joseph Needham ( Book )
29 editions published between 1934 and 1975 in English and Undetermined and held by 838 libraries worldwide

The grand titration: science and society in East and West by Joseph Needham ( Book )
20 editions published between 1969 and 2005 in English and held by 790 libraries worldwide

Chinese science; explorations of an ancient tradition ( Book )
2 editions published in 1973 in English and held by 751 libraries worldwide

Clerks and craftsmen in China and the west: lectures and addresses on the history of science and technology by Joseph Needham ( Book )
5 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 701 libraries worldwide

Biochemistry and morphogenesis by Joseph Needham ( Book )
17 editions published between 1942 and 1980 in English and Undetermined and held by 682 libraries worldwide