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Science and Civilisation in China, Part 1, Paper and Printing: Chemistry and Chemical Technology/Vol 5, Part I : Paper and Printing - Hardcover
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Part one of the fifth volume of Joseph Needham's great enterprise is written by one of the project's collaborators.
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"[An] astonishing and enduring study...[Needham brings] depth of emotion and technical finesse to his task."
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"Perhaps the greatest single act of historical synthesis and intercultural communication ever attempted by one man."
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Part one of the fifth volume of Joseph Needham's great enterprise is written by one of the project's collaborators. Professor Tsien Tsuen-Hsuin, working in regular consultation with Dr Needham, has written the most comprehensive account of every aspect of paper and printing in China to be published in the West.
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0521086906
- ISBN 13 9780521086905
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages504
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Chemistry and Chemical Technology Vol. 5, Pt. 1 : Paper and Printing
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Chemistry and Chemical Technology Vol. 5, Pt. 1 : Paper and Printing
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Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 5: Chemistry and Chemical Technology. Part I: Paper and Printing
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Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology; Part 1, Paper and Printing
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