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Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 3: Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth
Science and Civilisation in China Volume 3 Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and the Earth Author:Joseph Needham After two volumes mainly introductory, Dr Needham now embarks upon his systematic study of the development of the natural sciences in China. The Sciences of the Earth follow: geography and cartography, geology, seismology and mineralogy. Dr Needham distinguishes parallel traditions of scientific cartography and religious cosmography in East and ... more »West, discussing orbocentric wheel-maps, the origins of the rectangular grid system, sailing charts and relief maps, Chinese survey methods, and the impact of Renaissance cartography on the East. Finally-and here Dr Needhams work has no Western predecessors-there are full accounts of the Chinese contribution to geology and mineralogy.« less