Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 4, Physics and Physical Technology, Part 3, Civil Engineering and Nautics

Joseph Needham (Author), Lu Gwei-Djen (Contributions by), Ling Wang (Contributions by)

9780521070607, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 1 April 1971

990 pages
25.5 x 19.5 x 6.5 cm, 2.31 kg

"Perhaps the greatest single act of historical synthesis and intercultural communication ever attempted by one man."
Laurence Picken, Cambridge University

As Dr Needham's immense undertaking gathers momentum it has been found necessary to subdivide volumes into parts, each bound and published separately. The first two parts of Volume IV deal respectively with the physical sciences and with the diverse applications of physics in the many branches of mechanical engineering. The third deals with civil and hydraulic engineering and with nautical technology.

List of illustrations
List of tables
List of abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Author's note
28. Civil engineering
29. Nautical technology
Bibliographies
General index.

Subject Areas: History of science [PDX]