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020			_a3662442574 _q(electronic book)
020			_a9783662442579 _q(electronic book)
020			_a9787313117076 _q(volume 1 : hardcover )
020			_a9783662442562 _q(volume 1 : hardcover )
020			_a9783662441657 _q(volume 2 : hardcover )
020			_z3662442566 _q(paperback)
020			_z9783662442562 _q(paperback)
035			_a(OCoLC)
040			_aGW5XE _beng _erda _epn _cGW5XE _dN$T _dYDXCP _dCOO _dOCLCQ _dUtOrBLW _dBAUN
049			_aBAUN_MERKEZ
050		4	_aQ127.C6 _bY66 2015
082	0	4	_223
245	0	2	_aA history of Chinese science and technology. _cYongxiang Lu, editor.
264		1	_aHeidelberg : _bSpringer, _c2015.
300			_avolume <1,2> : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bv _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnr _2rdacarrier.
500			_a"Translated by Chuijun Qian, Qingping Hu, Xiaodi Li, Yao Wang and Liang Zhao."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0	0	_gVolume 1 _t-- Vertical and Horizontal Beginnings _t-- Astronomy _t-- Geoscience _t-- Mathematics _t-- Physics _t-- Agriculture _t-- Biology.
520			_aA History of Chinese Science and Technology (Voulumes 1, 2 and 3) presents 44 individual lectures, beginning with Ancient Chinese Science and Technology in the Process of Human Civilizations and An Overview of Ancient Chinese Science and Technology, and continuing with in-depth discussions of several issues in the history of science and the Needham Puzzle, interspersed with topics on Astronomy, Arithmetic, Agriculture, and Medicine, The Four Great Inventions, and various technological areas closely related to clothing, food, shelter, and transportation. This book is the most authoritative work on the history of Chinese Science and Technology. It is the Winner of the China Book Award, the Shanghai Book Award (1st prize), and the China Classics International (State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of The People?s Republic of China) and offers an essential resource for academic researchers and non-experts alike. It originated with a series of 44 lectures presented to top Chinese leaders, which received very positive feedback. Written by top Chinese scholars in their respective fields from the Institute for the History of Nature Sciences, Chinese Academic Sciences and many other respected Chinese organizations, the book is intended for scientists, researchers and postgraduate students working in the history of science, philosophy of science and technology, and related disciplines. Yongxiang Lu is a professor, former president and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
650		0	_aScience _zChina _xHistory.
650		0	_aTechnology _zChina _xHistory.
650	1	4	_aScience, general.
650	2	4	_aHistory of Science.
650	2	4	_aPhilosophy of Science.
650	2	4	_aPhilosophy of Technology.
700	1		_aLu, Yongxiang, _d1942-
700	1		_aQian, Chuijun,
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