TY - BOOK AU - Needham, Joseph, TI - Science and civilisation in China: Vol. 4 : Physics and physical technology : pt. 1. Physics AV - DS721 .N39 U1 - 951 19 PY - 1962/// CY - Cambridge [Eng.] PB - University Press KW - Science KW - China KW - History KW - Technology KW - Collected Works KW - mesh N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; v. 1. Introductory orientations.--v. 2. History of scientific thought.--v. 3. Mathematics and the sciences of the heavens and the earth.--v. 4. Physics and physical technology: pt. 1. Physics, with the collaboration of Wang Ling and the special co-operation of Kenneth Girdwood Robinson. pt. 2. Mechanical engineering. pt. 3. Civil engineering and nautics with the collaboration of Wang Ling and Lu Gwei-Djen.--v. 5. Chemistry and chemical technology. pt. 1. Paper and printing, by Tsien Tsuen-hsuin. pt. 2. Spagyrical discovery and invention: magisteries of gold and immortality, with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-Djen. pt. 3. Spagyrical discovery and invention: historical survey, from cinnabar elixirs to synthetic insulin. pt. 4. Spagyrical discovery and invention: apparatus, theories, and gifts. pt. 5. Spagyrical discovery and invention : physiological alchemy, with the collaboration of Lu Gwei-Djen. pt. 7. Military technology: the gunpowder epic. pt. 9. Textile technology : spinning and reeling.--v. 6. Biology and biological technology. pt. 1. Botany. pt. 2. Agriculture, by Francesca Bray ER -