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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Joseph Needham; Tsuen-Hsuin Tsien; Dieter Kuhn; Francesca Bray; Christian Daniels; Nicholas K Menzies; Christoph Harbsmeier; Peter J Golas; H T Huang |
| ISBN: | 0521632625 9780521632621 |
| OCLC Number: | 163502797 |
| Description: | XVIII, 261 S. : ill. |
| Contents: | Editor's introduction; a. Medicine in Chinese culture; b. Hygiene and preventive medicine; c. Qualifying examinations; d. The origins of immunology; e. Forensic medicine. |
| Responsibility: | by Joseph Needham. |
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"[An] astonishing and enduring study...[Needham brings] depth of emotion and technical finesse to his task." Jonathan Spence, New York Review of Books "Perhaps the greatest single act of historical synthesis and intercultural communication ever attempted by one man." Laurence Picken, Cambridge University Read more...
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