Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1996. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xxvii + 740pp, index, bibliographies, large octavo hardback, slight wear to dustjacket, now protected, bookplate tipped in front free endpaper, a very good copy. Volume 6. Part III of Science and Civilisation in China contains two separate works. The... More

Seattle. University of Washington Press. 1996. xii + 370pp, index, bibliography, notes, paperback, little creasing to upper cover, corners bumped, signature half-title, still a good to very good, internally clean copy. "When in 1989 Chinese astrophysicist Fang Lizhi sought asylum for months in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, later escaping... More

Osaka. Kansai University Press. 1995. Maps, black and white line illustrations, xiii + 568pp, appendix, index, a very good paperback copy in slightly faded dustjacket. Includes: An Overview of the History of Chinese Science in the Ming-Qing Period - Du Shiran and Han Qi; Some Indices of the Rise of... More

Netherlands. Kluwer Academic Publishers Group. 1992. xiv + 276pp, index, notes, paperback, some wear to covers, sunning to spine and spine area, name half-title, good copy. A collection of papers on philosophy of science, conceptual history of science, and sociology of science written by Taiwanese scholars. Some of the essays... More

Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1999. Reprint. Maps, black and white line illustrations, xxvii + 724pp, index, bibliographies, large octavo hardback, slight wear to dustjacket, now protected, bookplate tipped in paste down endpaper, a very good copy. This second part of the sixth volume of Joseph Needham's great enterprise is the... More

Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1989. Reprint. Maps, black and white line illustrations, xxxii + 718pp, index, bibliographies, dustjacket trifle worn, now protected, bookplate tipped in paste down endpaper, a very good hardback copy. The sixth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth and fifth, is subdivided into parts... More

Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1975. Reprint. Maps, one folding, many illustrations, one folding diagram, xlvii + 877pp, bibliography, index, errata to vols 1 & 2, light foxing edges, bookplate tipped in paste down endpaper, a very good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 160188). More

Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1971. Black and white photographic plates, drawings and sketches, lv + 759pp, bibliographies, index, protected dustjacket, foxed edges and occasionally throughout, bookplate tipped in paste down endpaper, a good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 160184). More

Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1974. Profusely illustrated with photographic plates, drawings and sketches, xxxii + 510pp, bibliographies, index, bookplate tipped in paste down endpaper, a very good hardback copy in protected dustjacket. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 160195). More

Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1976. Black and white photographic plates, xxxv + 481pp, index, bibliographies, large octavo hardback, light wear to dustjacket, now protected, bookplate tipped in paste down endpaper, a very good hardback copy. The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts... More

Peking. China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. 1974. Colour photographic illustrations, approximately 30pp (unpaginated), oblong octavo, paper wrappers trifle marked, otherwise good, clean copy, in protective sleeve. Trade exhibition booklet showing the various industries of China, including agriculture, textiles, food, handicrafts, heavy industry and science and technology. (When... More

New York. M.E. Sharpe, 1982. xxvii + 225pp, hardback, inscribed by one of the authors, corners rubbed and bumped, edges trifle foxed, a good copy. Discusses science and science policy in China. Chapter titles include: How Has Science Emerged and Developed; The Condition of Science in Our Country in the... More

[上海].[Shanghai]. 世界書局.[Shi jie shu ju]. Minguo371948. 5th edition. Black and white line illustrations, 114pp, trifle light stain on upper cover,light browning on edges, otherwise very good in paperback. Text in traditional Chinese. 18 x 12.7cm. Useful reference for scientifically raising, breeding and managing chicken farms. (When referring to this item... More