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13 produkter
Way and the Word
Science and Medicine in Early China and Greece
Av Geoffrey Lloyd, Nathan Sivin
Häftad, 2003
380 kr
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The rich civilizations of ancient China and Greece built sciences of comparable sophistication—each based on different foundations of concept, method, and organization. In this engrossing book, two world-renowned scholars compare the cosmology, science, and medicine of China and Greece between 400 …
Granting the Seasons
The Chinese Astronomical Reform of 1280, With a Study of Its Many Dimensions and a Translation of its Records
Av Nathan Sivin
Inbunden, 2008
1096 kr
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China’s most sophisticated system of computational astronomy was created for a Mongol emperor who could neither read nor write Chinese, to celebrate victory over China after forty years of devastating war. This book explains how and why, and reconstructs the observatory and the science that made it …
Granting the Seasons
The Chinese Astronomical Reform of 1280, With a Study of Its Many Dimensions and a Translation of its Records
Av Nathan Sivin
E-bok, 2008
1459 kr
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China’s most sophisticated system of computational astronomy was created for a Mongol emperor who could neither read nor write Chinese, to celebrate victory over China after forty years of devastating war. This book explains how and why, and reconstructs the observatory and the science that made it …
Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 4, Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Apparatus, Theories and Gifts
Av Joseph Needham, Ho Ping-Yu m. fl.
Inbunden, 1980
4234 kr
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The fifth volume of Dr Needham's immense undertaking, like the fourth, is subdivided into parts for ease of assimilation and presentation, each part bound and published separately. The volume as a whole covers the subjects of alchemy, early chemistry, and chemical technology (which includes …
Science and Civilisation in China, Part 6, Medicine
Av Joseph Needham, Nathan Sivin
Inbunden, 2000
2030 kr
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The latest volume in Joseph Needham's magisterial review of China's premodern scientific and technological traditions introduces the history of medicine. Following the deaths of Joseph Needham and Lu Gwei-Djen, a considerable amount of written material on the development of Chinese medicine awaited …
Science and Medicine in Twentieth-Century China
Research and Education
Av John Bowers, J. William Hess m. fl.
Inbunden, 1988
1030 kr
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The first part of this volume is devoted is devoted to synoptical and analytical examinations by historians of attempts to root modern science in China during the Republican period. The second contains reports by scientists who have been involved in China’s recent efforts to modernize. Topics …
Science and Medicine in Twentieth-Century China
Research and Education
Av John Bowers, J. William Hess m. fl.
Häftad, 1988
332 kr
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The first part of this volume is devoted is devoted to synoptical and analytical examinations by historians of attempts to root modern science in China during the Republican period. The second contains reports by scientists who have been involved in China’s recent efforts to modernize. Topics …
Granting the Seasons
The Chinese Astronomical Reform of 1280, With a Study of Its Many Dimensions and a Translation of its Records
Av Nathan Sivin
Häftad, 2010
1205 kr
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China’s most sophisticated system of computational astronomy was created for a Mongol emperor who could neither read nor write Chinese, to celebrate victory over China after forty years of devastating war. This book explains how and why, and reconstructs the observatory and the science that made it …
Health Care in Eleventh-Century China
Av Nathan Sivin
Inbunden, 2015
1465 kr
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By examining all the prevalent varieties of therapy from self-care to religious ritual, this book explores health care practices in China, before modern times. In ancient China most people were unable to afford a doctor, even in the unlikely case that one lived near their village and was willing to …
Health Care in Eleventh-Century China
Av Nathan Sivin
E-bok, 2015
1798 kr
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By examining all the prevalent varieties of therapy from self-care to religious ritual, this book explores health care practices in China, before modern times. In ancient China most people were unable to afford a doctor, even in the unlikely case that one lived near their village and was willing to …
Health Care in Eleventh-Century China
Av Nathan Sivin
Häftad, 2016
1465 kr
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By examining all the prevalent varieties of therapy from self-care to religious ritual, this book explores health care practices in China, before modern times. In ancient China most people were unable to afford a doctor, even in the unlikely case that one lived near their village and was willing to …
Traditional Medicine in Contemporary China
A Partial Translation of <em>Revised Outline of Chinese Medicine </em>(1972) with an Introductory Study on Change in Present-Day and Early Medicine
Av Nathan Sivin
Inbunden, 1987
1017 kr
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Sivin devotes the first half of his book to an interpretive exploration of the history of classical Chinese medicine, outlining in detail the evolution of its essential concepts from ancient times through the present. The second half consists of translations from the Revised Outline of Chinese …
Traditional Medicine in Contemporary China
A Partial Translation of <em>Revised Outline of Chinese Medicine </em>(1972) with an Introductory Study on Change in Present-Day and Early Medicine
Av Nathan Sivin
Häftad, 1987
487 kr
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Sivin devotes the first half of his book to an interpretive exploration of the history of classical Chinese medicine, outlining in detail the evolution of its essential concepts from ancient times through the present. The second half consists of translations from the Revised Outline of Chinese …
