01135nam a2200229Ia 4500 CTU_229995 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 509.51 N374 Needham, Joseph Science in traditional China : A comparative perspective Joseph Needham Hong Kong Chinese University Press 1981 The world's preeminent authority on Chinese science explores the philosophy, social structure, arts, crafts, and even military strategies that form our understanding of Chinese science, making instructive comparisons along the way to similar elements of Indian, Hellenistic, and Arabic cultures. A major portion of the book concentrates on Taoist alchemy that led not only to the invention of gunpowder and firearms, but also, through the search for macrobiotic life-elixirs, to the rise of modern medical chemistry. Khoa học,Science Lịch sử,History Trung Quốc,China dqhieu Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ