Joseph Needham

Colin A. Ronan

This volume details the early Chinese contributions to various sciences. The first section deals with mathematics, showing that Chinese works were comparable with the pre-Renaissance achievements of the old world. Then the book goes on to cover astronomy and meteorology, Earth sciences and physics.

The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 2

In this profusely-illustrated text, the author discusses the intellectual adventures and scientific discoveries of ancient civilizations

The Forgotten Science of the Ancient World

Lost Discoveries

This fifth volume abridgement of Joseph Needham's monumental work is concerned with the staggering civil engineering feats made in early and medieval China.

The Shorter Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5

Combines an historical and how-to approach to explain the major principles of astronomy for beginners.

The Practical Astronomer

Volumes I and II of the major series: China: its language, geography and history ; Chinese philosophy and scientific thought.

Colin A. Ronan

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