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.
By:
Joseph Needham Imprint: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 253mm,
Width: 196mm,
Spine: 67mm
Weight: 2.350kg ISBN:9780521058018 ISBN 10: 0521058015 Series:Science and Civilisation in China Pages: 926 Publication Date:03 March 1959 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active