Joseph Needham with the collaboration of Ho Ping-Yü, Lu Gwei-Djen and Wang Ling. Science and Civilisation in China. Vol. 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology. Part 7, Military Technology. The Gunpowder Epic. Cambridge and London: Cambridge University Press, 1986. Pp. xxxiii + 703. ISBN 0-521-30358-3. £50·00, $99.50 [Book Review]

British Journal for the History of Science 21 (2):249-252 (1988)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

This article has no associated abstract. (fix it)

Categories

Keywords

Reprint years

DOI

10.1017/s0007087400024791

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 91,122

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

My notes

Similar books and articles

China Clerks and Craftsmen in China and the West: Lectures and Addresses on the History of Science and Technology. By Joseph Needham, based largely on collaborative work with Wang Ling, Lu Gwei-Djen and Ho Ping-Yü. London: Cambridge University Press. 1970. Pp. xix + 470. 40 plates. £7.50. [REVIEW]A. G. Molland - 1971 - British Journal for the History of Science 5 (4):413-414.
China Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 4, Part 3: Civil Engineering and Nantics. By Joseph Needham with Wang Ling and Lu Gwei-Djen. London: Cambridge University Press, 1971. Pp. lvii + 931 £18. [REVIEW]A. J. Pacey - 1972 - British Journal for the History of Science 6 (2):210-212.
Medical Sciences Joseph Needham, Ho Ping-Yü, Lu Gwei-Djen & Nathan Sivin, Science and civilisation in China. Vol. V, pt. 4. Spagyrical discovery and invention: apparatus, theories and gifts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980. Pp. xlviii + 772. £48.00. Lu Gwei-Djen & Joseph Needham, Celestial lancets: a history and rationale of acupuncture and moxa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980. Pp. xxii + 427. £45.00. [REVIEW]Hans Agren - 1983 - British Journal for the History of Science 16 (1):81-84.
Science and Civilisation in China. Volume V: Chemistry and Chemical Technology. Part VII: Military Technology: The Gunpowder Epic by Joseph Needham. [REVIEW]Jixing Pan - 1988 - Isis 79:725-727.
Science and Civilisation in China. Volume V: Chemistry and Chemical Technology. Part 2: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey, from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin by Joseph Needham; Ho Ping-yu; Lu Gwei-djen. [REVIEW]John Major - 1978 - Isis 69:121-122.
Science and Civilisation in China. Volume V: Chemistry and Chemical Technology. Part 2: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Historical Survey, from Cinnabar Elixirs to Synthetic Insulin. Joseph Needham, Ho Ping-yu, Lu Gwei-djen. [REVIEW]John S. Major - 1978 - Isis 69 (1):121-122.
Science and Civilisation in China. Volume V: Chemistry and Chemical Technology. Part VII: Military Technology: The Gunpowder EpicJoseph Needham.Jixing Pan - 1988 - Isis 79 (4):725-727.
Historical perspectives on Chinese metallurgy: Joseph Needham: science and civilisation in China, volume 5, chemistry and chemical technology, part 11: ferrous metallurgy, Donald B. Wagner (ed), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008, 544 pp, £120.00 HB. [REVIEW]Dagmar Schäfer - 2010 - Metascience 19 (3):479-482.
Dieter Kuhn. Science and Civilisation in China, Vol 5. Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part IX. Textile Technology: Spinning and Reeling. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Pp. xxxiv + 520, ISBN 0-521-32021-6, £60.00, $110.00. [REVIEW]Richard Hills - 1989 - British Journal for the History of Science 22 (4):446-448.
H. T. HUANG, Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 6: Biology and Biological Technology. Part V: Fermentations and Food Science. Joseph Needham: Science and Civilisation in China. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp. xviii+741. ISBN 0-521-65270-7. £95.00. [REVIEW]Donald Wagner - 2005 - British Journal for the History of Science 38 (1):103-104.
Science and Civilisation in China. Volume IV: Physics and Physical Technology. Part III: Civil Engineering and Nautics by Joseph Needham; Wang Ling; Lu Gwei-dien. [REVIEW]U. Libbrecht - 1973 - Isis 64:413-416.
Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 5: Chemistry and Chemical Technology. Part 6: Military Technology: Missiles and Sieges by Joseph Needham; Robin D. S. Yates. [REVIEW]Charles Peterson - 1996 - Isis 87:536-538.
Science in ChinaScience and Civilisation in China. Joseph Needham, Wang Ling, Kenneth Robinson, Lu Gwei-Djen, Ho Ping-Yu, Nathan Sivin.Lynn White Jr & Jonathan D. Spence - 1984 - Isis 75 (1):171-189.
Science and Civilisation in China. Volume IV: Physics and Physical Technology. Part III: Civil Engineering and Nautics. Joseph Needham, Wang Ling, Lu Gwei-dien. [REVIEW]U. Libbrecht - 1973 - Isis 64 (3):413-416.
Peter J. Golas. Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 5: Chemistry and Chemical Technology; Part 13: Mining. 538 pp., illus., index. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. [REVIEW]Francesca Bray - 2004 - Isis 95 (3):474-475.

Analytics

Added to PP
2015-01-22

Downloads
17 (#795,850)

6 months
1 (#1,346,405)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references