Science and Civilisation in China Vol. 3 Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and Earth
Needham Joseph.
Needham Joseph. Science and Civilisation in China Vol. 3 Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and Earth 1959 [pdf 1000sc 886c. 74.31mb]
After two volumes mainly introductory, Dr Needham now embarks upon his systematic study of the development of the natural sciences in China. The Sciences of the Earth follow: geography and cartography, geology, seismology and mineralogy. Dr Needham distinguishes parallel traditions of scientific cartography and religious cosmography in East and West, discussing orbocentric wheel-maps, the origins of the rectangular grid system, sailing charts and relief maps, Chinese survey methods, and the impact of Renaissance cartography on the East. Finally-and here Dr Needham's work has no Western predecessors-there are full accounts of the Chinese contribution to geology and mineralogy.
Kategori:
Jilid:
3
Tahun:
1959
Penerbit:
Cambridge University Press
Bahasa:
english
Halaman:
999
ISBN 10:
0521058015
ISBN 13:
9780521058018
Nama siri:
Science and Civilisation in China
Fail:
PDF, 74.31 MB
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english, 1959