The shorter science and civilisation in China /

Ronan, Colin A,

The shorter science and civilisation in China / Colin A. Ronan. - volumen

An abridgement of Joseph Needham´s original text. La Biblioteca posee: v.1-5.

v.1. The chinese languaje. The geography of China. Chinese history: The pre-Imperial ages. Chinese history: The Empire of all under heaven. The travelling of science between China and Europe. Confucianism. Taoism. The mohists and logicians. The fundamental ideas of Chinese science. The pseudo-sciences and the sceptical tradition. Chin and tang taoists and sung neo-confucians. Sung and Ming idealists and the last great figures of chinese naturalism. Buddhist thought. The legalists. Human law and the laws of nature. -- v.2. Mathematics. Astronomy. Meterology. Geography and Map-making. Geology and related sciences. Physics. -- v.3. Magnetism and electricity. Nautical technology. Voyages and discoveries. Navigation. Propulsion. Steering. Techniques of chinese dynasties. v.4. Engineers: their status, tools and aterials. Basic mechanical principles and types of machines. Land transport. Clock work. Windmills and aeronautics. -- v.5. Roads. Walls and the great wall. Building technology. Bridges. Hydraulic engineering I- Control, Construction and maintenance of waterways. Hydraulic engineering II- Water-Raising machinery and water as a power source.

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China--Civilización.

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