The Genius of China: 3000 Years of Science, Discovery & Invention by Temple, Robert

Andre Deutsch, 2013-02-05. Hardcover. Like New. 10x7x1.

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine. PHOTOS, CHARTS, inventions. Small quarto (10" x 7 3/4"), black cloth with gold lettering on spine, Introduction by Joseph Needham, lavishly illustrated with examples of Chinese inventions and technology in B&W and some color, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with 5 Chinese scenes, splendid endpapers with tables in color comparing early Chinese inventions with--usually centuries later--Western comparables, 254 pages. Weight: 2 lbs. 1 oz. Science and Civilization in China is the finest survey of Chinese science and technology by the British genius (biochemist- turned-sinologist), Dr. Joseph Needham (1900 - 1995). <br /> <br /> Robert Temple (b.1945), a professor of the history and philosophy of science at Tsinghua University, Beijing, worked with Needham to summarize many of the findings in the latter's magisterial and encyclopedic series.<br /> <br… Read More

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