Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 6, Biology and Biological Technology, Part 3, Agro-Industries and Forestry Hardback: Biology and Biological Technology : Agro-Industries and Forestry - Hardcover

Needham; Daniels; Menzies

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521419999 ISBN 13: 9780521419994

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

Contains two separate works. The first, by Christian Daniels, is a comprehensive history of Chinese sugar cane technology from ancient times to the early twentieth century. Dr Daniels includes an account of the contribution of Chinese techniques and machinery to the development of world sugar technology in the pre-modern period, devoting special attention to the transfer of this technology to the countries of South-East and East Asia in the period after the sixteenth century. The second, by Nicholas K. Menzies, is a history of forestry in China. A final section compares China's history of deforestation with the cases of Europe and Japan.

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'For this immense and astonishing work of erudition no praise can be too high ... we have a volume authoritative, fascinating and illuminating ... of contemporary Eastern and Western progress in the sciences.' W. M. Smart, Nature

'Needham's foresight continues to amaze us with his ability to discover in the ocean of datable Chinese literature so many facets of scientific knowledge.' Irish Astronomical Journal

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0521419999
• ISBN 13: 9780521419994
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 770