Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 7, the Social Background, Part 2, General Conclusions and Reflections

ISBN-13: 9780521087322 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 336 str.

Joseph Needham; Kenneth Girdwood Robinson; Mark Elvin

Opis

Joseph Needham, who died in 1995, was the greatest British historian of China of the last 100 years. His Science and Civilisation in China series caused a seismic shift in western perceptions of China, revealed as perhaps the world's most scientifically and technically productive country in pre-modern times. But why did the scientific and industrial revolutions not happen in China? Joseph Needham reflects on possible answers to this question in the concluding volume of this series and provides fascinating insights into his great intellectual quest.

Recenzje

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Spis treści

1. Prefaces; 2. Foreword Joseph Needham; 3. Science and society in east and west Joseph Needham; 4. The roles of Europe and China in the evolution of ecumenical science Joseph Needham; 5. The nature of Chinese society: a technical interpretation Huang Jen-yü and Joseph Needham; 6. History and human values: a Chinese perspective for science and technology Joseph Needham; 7. Literary Chinese as a language for science Kenneth Robinson and Joseph Needham; 8. General conclusions; 9. Joseph Needham: a soliloquy Kenneth Robinson; Bibliographies.