SCIENCE AND CIVILISATION IN CHINA Volume 6: BIOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY Part I: BOTANY

NEEDHAM, Joseph With the collaboration of LE GWEI-JEN and a special contribution by HUANG HSING-TSUNG

ISBN 10: 0521087317 / ISBN 13: 9780521087315

Published by Cambridge University Press, London etc., 1974

Black cloth spine with illustrated boards. f/piece of Chinese text with one red character + t.p. with publisher's red logo xxxii + 718, 89 ills, 22 tables, no plates in this volume but a number of full page ills. A pristine copy of this scarce volume. This series is perhaps the greatest scholarship project of the 20th century. 19.5 cm x 25 cm. Seller Inventory # 014333

Synopsis:

The volume as a whole covers the subjects of biology and biological technology.

Review: "Delve into Needham's delightful prose, and be awed with him at the wondrous things Chinese science and civilization have wrought."
Michael T. Stieber, Huntia

"Perhaps the greatest single act of historical synthesis and intercultural communication ever attempted by one man."
Laurence Picken, Cambridge University

Bibliographic Details

Title: SCIENCE AND CIVILISATION IN CHINA Volume 6: ...
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, London etc.
Publication Date: 1974
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 1st Edition