Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Ch... - 9780521085717

Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 2, Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Magisteries of Gold and Immortality\n\nJoseph Needham (Author)\n\n9780521085717, Cambridge University Press\n\nHardback, published 27 September 1974\n\n600 pages\n25.4 x 20 x 4 cm, 1.485 kg\n\n\""Perhaps the greatest single act of historical synthesis and intercultural communication ever attempted by one man.\""\nLaurence Picken, Cambridge University\n\nThe fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of assimilation and presentation, each part bound and published separately. The volume as a whole covers the subjects of alchemy, early chemistry, and chemical technology (which includes military invention, especially gunpowder and rockets; paper and printing; textiles; mining and metallurgy; the salt industry; and ceramics).\n\nList of illustrations\n List of tables\n List of abbreviations\n Acknowledgements\n ]